Description
If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140.
Published: 2025-06-24
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-19088 If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140 and Thunderbird < 140.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7991-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140 and Thunderbird < 140. If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140.

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: WebAuthn would allow a user to sign a challenge on a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate WebAuthn would allow a user to sign a challenge on a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00033}

epss

{'score': 0.00031}


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140. If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140 and Thunderbird < 140.
References

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: WebAuthn would allow a user to sign a challenge on a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-295
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description If a user visited a webpage with an invalid TLS certificate, and granted an exception, the webpage was able to provide a WebAuthn challenge that the user would be prompted to complete. This is in violation of the WebAuthN spec which requires "a secure transport established without errors". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-13T14:31:09.599Z

Reserved: 2025-06-20T14:51:39.059Z

Link: CVE-2025-6433

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-25T12:32:33.301Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-06-24T13:15:24.327

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:17:07.807

Link: CVE-2025-6433

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-06-24T12:28:04Z

Links: CVE-2025-6433 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-06T22:16:29Z

Weaknesses