CVE-2026-8972 (GCVE-0-2026-8972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:38
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Title
Privilege escalation in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component
Summary
Privilege escalation in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
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: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
pakhunov.anton.n
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