github - ghsa-7f3m-mqm5-5x2c

ghsa-7f3m-mqm5-5x2c

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-26 21:31

Modified

2025-07-14 21:31

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140.

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cve-2025-6433

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-24 12:28

Modified

2025-07-14 18:26

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140 and Thunderbird < 140.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1954033
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-51/
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-54/

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Thunderbird

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