High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2026· Updated May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-8957
CVE-2026-8957
Description
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
AI Insight
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Affected products
13<140.11+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <140.11
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
- 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/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 140.11-r0+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11-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: < 140.11.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 151.0.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPermissions Required
News mentions
1- Mozilla Firefox: 25 CVEs Patched in May 2026 Update, Including Four Critical Sandbox EscapesVypr Intelligence · May 19, 2026