CVE-2021-23956

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23956

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-1

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`85.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`85.0-1`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23956

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.