High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2026· Updated Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-74942
CVE-2026-74942
Description
Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Affected products
11- Range: before 154
- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/mozilla-nspr&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/mozilla-nss&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/rust-cbindgen&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 140.14.0-1.el9_8.alma.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 140.14.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.14.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.14.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.14.0-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 154.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.14.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 153.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.39-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.125-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.29.4+git0-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-75/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-76/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-79/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-80/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPermissions Required
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