CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-8970
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- Last modified
- 2026-07-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
Privilege escalation in the Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 140.11.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 151.0.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 140.11)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 151.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032174 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/ Vendor Advisory