CVE-2025-6426 (GCVE-0-2025-6426)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-24 12:28 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:30
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Title
No warning when opening executable terminal files on macOS
Summary
The executable file warning did not warn users before opening files with the `terminal` extension. *This bug only affects Firefox for macOS. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140, Firefox ESR 128.12, Thunderbird 140, and Thunderbird 128.12.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 128.12 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 140 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 128.12 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 140 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
pwn2car
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