CVE-2026-8957 (GCVE-0-2026-8957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 12:29 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:37
VLAI?
Title
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component
Summary
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.11 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.11 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Mateusz Dobrzyński
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