# CVE-2021-29974: When network partitioning was enabled, e.g.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 90
- Published: 2021-08-05 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 90

## Description

When network partitioning was enabled, e.g. as a result of Enhanced Tracking Protection settings, a TLS error page would allow the user to override an error on a domain which had specified HTTP Strict Transport Security (which implies that the error should not be override-able.) This issue did not affect the network connections, and they were correctly upgraded to HTTPS automatically. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (90) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1704843
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03

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