CVE-2026-116631 External protocol handler (tel:) address bar spoof
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-116631 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-116631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox for iOS, published on 26 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox for iOS. 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-2026-116631/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-116631/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-116631?
CVE-2026-116631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox for iOS, published on 26 Oct 2026.
Official description
A malicious web page could open a tel link in a window that was showing a different website, causing the phone-call prompt to appear as if that site had requested the call. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 156.1.
Weakness: CWE-451
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116631?
How do I fix CVE-2026-116631?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-116631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmr9-xw44-879p.