Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
History

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Description Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Firefox ESR 140.11. Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
References

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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Weaknesses CWE-284

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

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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'}


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Description Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Firefox ESR 140.11.
Title Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-19T17:10:49.147Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T12:29:48.978Z

Link: CVE-2026-8955

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T14:20:14.577Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:51.820

Modified: 2026-05-19T15:16:34.827

Link: CVE-2026-8955

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T17:30:10Z