Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component_CVE-2026-8957

6.5 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Firefox ESR 140.11.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-8957

Source mozilla

Published May 19, 2026 at 12:29

Modified May 19, 2026 at 14:23

Affected Product

Vendor Mozilla

Product Firefox

Version 140.11

CWE Classification

CWE-269

References

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