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CVE-2026-16403

Status: AnalyzedMedium (6.5)—

Spoofing issue in the Address Bar component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Mozilla — FirefoxMozilla — Thunderbird

CWEs

References

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