8.8

CVE-2026-8972: mozilla firefox Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-8972CGA-hv6j-8r73-mjmmCGA-p84q-xqcq-876h
Published 19-05-2026Last modified 20-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-8972 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10863-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1CGA-FFQQ-F3QR-JVV4

Timeline

  1. 19-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Privilege escalation in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 0.33% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

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)
Mozilla2 products
Chainguard1 product
  • firefox< 151-r0
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 151-r0

4 vendors · 12 products

References

6 links