CVE-2026-2782 — Improper Privilege Management in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management12 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24

Description

Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 140.8.0+1
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 140.8.0+1
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:140.8.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component↗2026-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2026-2782: Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component↗2026-02-24
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GHSA
GHSA-g9cv-cvhp-755f: Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-2782: firefox - Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability affects Fir...↗2026
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-13: CVE-2026-2782↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-15: CVE-2026-2782↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-17: CVE-2026-2782↗
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-2782 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-2782 firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component↗2026-02-24
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CVE-2026-2782 — Improper Privilege Management | cvebase