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Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Service Workers component

Affects Firefox, with the fix listed in Firefox 160. No affected version range is published, and Mozilla gives no separate vendor rating alongside the CVSS score of 9.6.

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9.6CriticalCISA-ADP
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in Firefox 160
Who is exposed
Specific setups only

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: Firefox 160.

Published
Last modified
22/100 · provisional
Specific setups only
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
On X
View the cve.now post
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Service Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160.

cve.now Index

22Pcve.now Index 22 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation0/40No signal
  • Exposure12/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network without a login
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity10/10CVSS 9.6, total technical impact per CISA
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 72 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 67 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: Firefox 160.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  4. Record last updated
  5. Posted on X by cve.now

Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    Version range not reported

Evidence 2

  1. Link
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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-124900

Is CVE-2026-124900 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

What does this mean?

The bug is a use-after-free in the DOM Service Workers component of Firefox, which can allow a sandbox escape, reaching beyond the browser sandbox.Source: mozilla.org

Am I affected, and how do I check?

The published data lists Firefox with no affected version range. To check a installed version, open the Firefox About page from the menu, which shows the version number.Source: mozilla.org

How do I fix CVE-2026-124900?

Update Firefox to version 160 or later, the release that lists the fix.Source: mozilla.org