CVE-2026-109779 Race condition in the Networking: DNS component
Medium 4.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-109779 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-109779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 13 Oct 2026. 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-2026-109779 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-2026-109779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109779/index.md)
A race condition in the DNS component of Firefox and Thunderbird could lead to undefined behavior, requiring an upgrade to version 158.
- 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-2026-109779?
CVE-2026-109779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 13 Oct 2026. 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
Race condition in the Networking: DNS component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158 and Thunderbird 158.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109779?
How do I fix CVE-2026-109779?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-109779 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109779 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jhmr-h422-x6ff, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109779.