CVE-2026-8955HIGH 8.8EPSS p30.2%

CVE-2026-8955CVE-2026-8955

Description

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

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.39% probability of exploitation · percentile 30.2% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-05-19
Last modified2026-05-20

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-269

References

  1. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031064
  2. https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
  3. https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
  4. https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
  5. https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Privilege Managementcwe-2690%live

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