CVE-2026-8401
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-693
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038679
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381