CVE-2026-8706 (GCVE-0-2026-8706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 14:27 – Updated: 2026-05-19 17:12
VLAI?
Title
Sensitive user data could be leaked to other applications through Reader mode
Summary
Firefox for iOS hosted Reader mode on an unauthenticated local web server, allowing another application on the same device to request arbitrary URLs and receive the response rendered with the signed-in user's cookies. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 151.0.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox for iOS Unaffected: 151.0 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Muneaki Nishimura
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