Bug 1821693 (CVE-2020-6823)

Summary: CVE-2020-6823 Mozilla: Malicious Extension could obtain auth codes from OAuth login flows
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A malicious extension could have called `browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow`, controlling the redirect_uri, and through the Promise returned, obtain the Auth code and gain access to the user's account at the service provider.
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Description Marian Rehak 2020-04-07 12:26:41 UTC
A malicious extension could have called <code>browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow</code>, controlling the redirect_uri, and through the Promise returned, obtain the Auth code and gain access to the user's account at the service provider.

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-04-14 10:31:55 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-6823