A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) vulnerability in the auth/handler in Google Cloud Identity Platform and Firebase Authentication versions prior to 2026-08-14 on iOS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript using a malicious iOS bundle ID.
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Fixes

Solution

This vulnerability has been patched for all users and no app updates are required. Action is only needed for developers who followed Option 4 (self-hosting the helper code) in the Firebase redirect best practices documentation https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/web/redirect-best-practices#self-host-helper-code. These users should re-synchronize the helper code to make sure they are hosting the latest version.


Workaround

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History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Description A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) vulnerability in the auth/handler in Google Cloud Identity Platform and Firebase Authentication versions prior to 2026-08-14 on iOS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript using a malicious iOS bundle ID.
Title Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Firebase Auth Handler via Malicious Bundle ID
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/U:Amber'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GoogleCloud

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T10:20:06.249Z

Reserved: 2026-09-03T16:36:41.159Z

Link: CVE-2026-85268

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T11:17:33.750

Modified: 2026-10-30T11:17:33.750

Link: CVE-2026-85268

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Updated: 2026-10-30T12:00:15Z

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