CVE-2026-8952

Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

high 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published: May 19, 2026
Modified: May 20, 2026
Vendor: Mozilla
Product: Firefox

Description

Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

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