Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component

published 2026-05-19 5 mo ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2026-30905

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 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 5

mozilla firefox 140.11.0, 151.0.0
mozilla thunderbird 140.11, 151.0.0

debian red hat opensuse almalinux rocky linux

firefox-esr Debian 12 140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox-esr Debian 13 140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1
firefox-esr Debian 14 140.11.0esr-1
thunderbird Debian 12 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird Debian 13 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1
thunderbird Debian 14 1:140.11.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8955

thunderbird RHEL 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird RHEL 10.2 140.11.0-1.el10_2
thunderbird RHEL 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8
firefox RHEL 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10
firefox RHEL 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8
firefox-x11 RHEL 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8
firefox RHEL 10.2 140.11.0-1.el10_2
firefox enterprise linux eus 10.0 140.11.0-1.el10_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:27715 RHSA-2026:26629 RHSA-2026:26630 RHSA-2026:26606 RHSA-2026:26551 RHSA-2026:26539

MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 16.0 140.12.0-bp160.1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 151.0.1-1.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.11.1-1.1
firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.11.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21168-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10863-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10864-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10813-1

thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
thunderbird AlmaLinux 10 140.11.0-1.el10_2.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 10 140.11.0-1.el10_2
thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:22643 ALSA-2026:22325 ALSA-2026:21378 ALSA-2026:21380 ALSA-2026:21381 ALSA-2026:21382

thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird Rocky Linux 10 140.11.0-1.el10_2
firefox Rocky Linux 10 140.11.0-1.el10_2
firefox Rocky Linux 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8
thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 140.11.0-1.el9_8
firefox Rocky Linux 8 140.11.0-1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:22643 RLSA-2026:22325 RLSA-2026:21380 RLSA-2026:21378 RLSA-2026:21381 RLSA-2026:21382

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-8955 updated 2026-11-06 cvss 6.1

firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 rhel10/firefox-flatpak, rhel10/thunderbird-flatpak
affected: no fix available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_10, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21382
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 140.11.0-1.el9_8, firefox-x11 140.11.0-1.el9_8, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el9_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox 140.11.0-1.el10_2, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el10_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21380
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26629
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26606
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26630

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox 140.11.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 140.11.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el9_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26491
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) firefox 140.11.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11 140.11.0-1.el9_4, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el9_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26493
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) firefox 140.11.0-1.el10_0, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el10_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27715
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) firefox 140.11.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11 140.11.0-1.el9_6, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el9_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26492
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26629
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26606
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) firefox 140.11.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26630
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox 140.11.0-1.el7_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26551

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-20)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% 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

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=2031064
permissions-required

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-8955
NVD CVE-2026-8955

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Summary