VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-8970
Privilege escalation in the Security component.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Privilege escalation in the Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032174Permissions 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.