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high 8.8

CVE-2026-117995 json

Privilege escalation in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component

published 2026-10-27 13 d ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-111026

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Privilege escalation in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6, Thunderbird 159, and Thunderbird 153.6.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 153.6, 159
  • mozilla firefox_esr 153.6, 159
  • mozilla thunderbird 153.6, 159
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 153.6, 159
  • firefox-esr Debian 12 153.6.0esr-1~deb12u2
  • firefox-esr Debian 13 153.6.0esr-1~deb13u1
  • thunderbird Debian 12 1:153.6.0esr-1~deb12u2
  • thunderbird Debian 13 1:153.6.0esr-1~deb13u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-117995

  • MozillaFirefox SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 153.6.0-118.19.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4928-1

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 153.6.0-1.1
  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 153.6.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12339-1openSUSE-SU-2026:12319-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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