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External protocol handler (tel:) address bar spoof
Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List
A malicious web page could open a tel link in a window that was showing a different website, causing the phone-call prompt to appear as if that site had requested the call. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 156.1.
- Products
- Firefox for iOS
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116631
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 18:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
External protocol handler (tel:) address bar spoof
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 26 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC
A malicious web page could open a tel link in a window that was showing a different website, causing the phone-call prompt to appear as if that site had requested the call. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 156.1.
cve:CVE-2026-116631
Firefox for iOS
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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