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CVE-2026-16372: mozilla firefox Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-16372CGA-38vc-m4gr-6mf8CGA-573m-77mp-jpfp
Published 21-07-2026Last modified 24-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16372 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 9
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11358-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21713-1SUSE-SU-2026:23411-1SUSE-SU-2026:23590-1SUSE-SU-2026:4140-1

Timeline

  1. 21-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Privilege escalation in the DOM: Content Processes component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu8 products
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs115All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 153.0-r0
  • firefox-docker-selenium-compat< 153.0-r0
Mozilla2 products
Wolfi2 products
  • firefox< 153.0-r0
  • firefox-docker-selenium-compat< 153.0-r0

4 vendors · 14 products

References

6 links