Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151.

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Tue, 19 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151.
Title Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-19T14:18:32.844Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T12:29:44.424Z

Link: CVE-2026-8952

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T14:18:26.966Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:51.480

Modified: 2026-05-19T15:16:34.363

Link: CVE-2026-8952

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T15:00:10Z

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