Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-8401
CVE-2026-8401
Description
Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.
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Affected products
13<140.11+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <140.11
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <150.0.3
- (no CPE)range: >=150.0,<150.0.3
- Range: <140.11
- osv-coords9 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/firefoxpkg:apk/chainguard/firefox-esrpkg:apk/wolfi/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 150.0.3-r0+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 150.0.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 150.0.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.12.0-bp160.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
29- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPermissions Required
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8401nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8401.jsonnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/nvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/nvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/nvd
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