Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-120627

CVE-2026-120627

publishedCWE-287

The Private Internet Access Extension for Firefox contains an unguarded onAuthRequired authentication handler, leading to leakage of PIA proxy credentials when a user visits any malicious website that issues a Basic auth challenge. This issue was fixed in version 3.2.5, but reintroduced in later versions.

Technical severity7.5 highCVSS 3.1 · ADP: CISA-ADP
Published2026-11-02Source updated 2026-11-10
Collected2026-11-103 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Firefox extension
Private Internet Access
≥ 3.2.5; ≤ 4.0.5 (affected, custom) CNA: certcc

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 7.5
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NADP: CISA-ADP
3.1 / 7.5
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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