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CVE-2026-8970

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
19/05/2026
Last modified:
20/05/2026

Description

Privilege escalation in the Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* 140.11.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 151.0.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* 140.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 151.0.0 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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