RHSA-2026:89756 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):

• libexpat: denial of service via crafted XML input (CVE-2026-45186)
• firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Application Update component (CVE-2026-109704)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the XML component (CVE-2026-109718)
• firefox: Information disclosure in the PDF Viewer component (CVE-2026-109742)
• firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript Engine component (CVE-2026-109715)
• firefox: firefox: Sandbox escape via incorrect boundary conditions in Win32 widget (CVE-2026-109740)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component (CVE-2026-109706)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Crash Reporting component (CVE-2026-109713)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component (CVE-2026-109724)
• firefox: Sandbox escape due to uninitialized memory in the DOM: Web Serial component (CVE-2026-109745)
• firefox: Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component (CVE-2026-109782)
• firefox: Information disclosure, privilege escalation in the Security: Process Sandboxing component (CVE-2026-109709)
• firefox: Sandbox escape, site isolation issue due to incorrect boundary conditions, use-after-free in the Networking component (CVE-2026-109705)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Audio/Video: Playback component (CVE-2026-109738)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Storage: Bucket File System component (CVE-2026-109741)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-109729)
• firefox: Other issue in the DOM: File component (CVE-2026-109744)
• firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript Engine component (CVE-2026-109716)
• firefox: Race condition, use-after-free in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2026-109719)
• firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Layout component (CVE-2026-109753)
• firefox: Integer overflow in the Layout: Text and Fonts component (CVE-2026-109723)
• firefox: JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-109733)
• firefox: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component (CVE-2026-109708)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component (CVE-2026-109717)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Workers component (CVE-2026-109752)
• firefox: Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Networking component (CVE-2026-109707)
• firefox: JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component (CVE-2026-109720)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the SVG component (CVE-2026-109726)
• firefox: Integer overflow in the Graphics component (CVE-2026-109730)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Audio/Video component (CVE-2026-109727)
• firefox: Mitigation bypass in the Enterprise Policies component (CVE-2026-109737)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Streams component (CVE-2026-109732)
• firefox: Information disclosure in the Networking component (CVE-2026-109751)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component (CVE-2026-109725)
• firefox: Sandbox escape due to uninitialized memory in the Graphics component (CVE-2026-109712)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component (CVE-2026-109711)
• firefox: Frame poisoning in the Layout component (CVE-2026-109736)
• firefox: JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-109722)
• firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Animation component (CVE-2026-109728)
• firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-109721)
• firefox: Privilege escalation in the Panning and Zooming component (CVE-2026-109743)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Firefox ESR 153 rebase [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-175143)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2468575 - CVE-2026-45186 libexpat: denial of service via crafted XML input
• BZ - 2550397 - CVE-2026-109704 firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
• BZ - 2550404 - CVE-2026-109740 firefox: firefox: Sandbox escape via incorrect boundary conditions in Win32 widget
• BZ - 2550405 - CVE-2026-109706 firefox: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component
• BZ - 2550413 - CVE-2026-109705 firefox: Sandbox escape, site isolation issue due to incorrect boundary conditions, use-after-free in the Networking component
• BZ - 2550419 - CVE-2026-109741 firefox: Use-after-free in the Storage: Bucket File System component
• BZ - 2550420 - CVE-2026-109729 firefox: Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component
• BZ - 2550424 - CVE-2026-109719 firefox: Race condition, use-after-free in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component
• BZ - 2550433 - CVE-2026-109717 firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component
• BZ - 2550438 - CVE-2026-109707 firefox: Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Networking component
• BZ - 2550446 - CVE-2026-109726 firefox: Use-after-free in the SVG component
• BZ - 2550451 - CVE-2026-109727 firefox: Use-after-free in the Audio/Video component
• BZ - 2550455 - CVE-2026-109732 firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Streams component

CVEs

• CVE-2026-45186
• CVE-2026-109704
• CVE-2026-109705
• CVE-2026-109706
• CVE-2026-109707
• CVE-2026-109708
• CVE-2026-109709
• CVE-2026-109711
• CVE-2026-109712
• CVE-2026-109713
• CVE-2026-109715
• CVE-2026-109716
• CVE-2026-109717
• CVE-2026-109718
• CVE-2026-109719
• CVE-2026-109720
• CVE-2026-109721
• CVE-2026-109722
• CVE-2026-109723
• CVE-2026-109724
• CVE-2026-109725
• CVE-2026-109726
• CVE-2026-109727
• CVE-2026-109728
• CVE-2026-109729
• CVE-2026-109730
• CVE-2026-109732
• CVE-2026-109733
• CVE-2026-109736
• CVE-2026-109737
• CVE-2026-109738
• CVE-2026-109740
• CVE-2026-109741
• CVE-2026-109742
• CVE-2026-109743
• CVE-2026-109744
• CVE-2026-109745
• CVE-2026-109751
• CVE-2026-109752
• CVE-2026-109753
• CVE-2026-109782

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important