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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5179

CVE-2018-5179

Description

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

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Affected products

25

Patches

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