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Critical 9.8Published May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-8401Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component.
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Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-693, CWE-653
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox | before 150.0.3 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038679permissions-required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630
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