CVE•Published 2026-07-21•Modified 2026-07-24•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16372Mozilla · Firefox
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
4
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 96% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Content Processes component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-21
Modified 2026-07-24
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-16372Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mozilla Firefox"All exposed Mozilla Firefox instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Firefox"HTTP body or banner mentions "Firefox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16372Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16372Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16372Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16372GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16372" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2026-163722 repos
8kSec/awesome-ai-securityunknown
A practitioner-focused reference for AI/ML security — attacks, tools, research, and defenses. Covers offensive AI, securing AI systems, AI-assisted security operations, and governa…
jaschadub/compromised-packages-checkPython
Scan a repository for known-malicious npm, cratres, and PyPI package versions from recent supply-chain compromises (Mini Shai-Hulud, TanStack, @cap-js/mbt, etc). UPDATED 6 TIMES A …