CVE-2021-38491 Security feature bypass in Firefox
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38491 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-38491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 3 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38491/index.md)
Firefox failed to block mixed content from opaque origins, allowing insecure resources to load and bypassing security protections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-38491?
CVE-2021-38491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 3 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mixed-content checks were unable to analyze opaque origins which led to some mixed content being loaded. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38491?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2021-38491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4p9-6wvp-vc8f, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38491.