CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-8955
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
affected · 2 assertions
{"product":"Firefox","vendor":"Mozilla","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"140.*","status":"unaffected","version":"140.11","versionType":"rpm"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"151","versionType":"rpm"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"product":"Thunderbird","vendor":"Mozilla","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"140.*","status":"unaffected","version":"140.11","versionType":"rpm"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"151","versionType":"rpm"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/affected/1
Affected products and versions
2 source assertions{"product":"Firefox","vendor":"Mozilla","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"140.*","status":"unaffected","version":"140.11","versionType":"rpm"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"151","versionType":"rpm"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"product":"Thunderbird","vendor":"Mozilla","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"140.*","status":"unaffected","version":"140.11","versionType":"rpm"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"151","versionType":"rpm"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/affected/1
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031064"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:08e147996140c9fd84f6c34404c388297649468d660cd177da197a8e38cc9503 · sha256:5c47079acf23309b… · /containers/cna/references/4
Attribution and limitations
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