CVE-2022-22754

If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

• CWE-863
• CWE-863

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory

Published

Dec 22, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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