CVE-2026-9078 Firefox iOS RTL Domain Rendering Issue in Link Preview

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Firefox for iOS users can be deceived by spoofed domain names in link previews due to RTL rendering flaws, enabling phishing attacks.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2026-9078?

CVE-2026-9078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 25 May 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

Firefox for iOS displayed specially crafted right-to-left (RTL) and internationalized domain names (IDNs) incorrectly in link preview UI surfaces. A crafted RTL hostname could visually reorder portions of the displayed domain, causing attacker-controlled sites to appear as trusted origins. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 151.1.

Weakness: CWE-451

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9078?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2026-9078?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9078 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-9078 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-78h4-7j7j-4p28.

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