Critical 9.1Published Sep 15, 2026

CVE-2026-92050Sandbox escape due to race condition in the XPConnect component

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:30 UTC)

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Sandbox escape due to race condition in the XPConnect component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Thunderbird 156.

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mozilla
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox mozilla:firefox (from the name)	from 156 not affected	CNA record
Mozilla Thunderbird mozilla:thunderbird (from the name)	from 156 not affected	CNA record
mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox	before 156.0.0	NVD
mozilla thunderbird mozilla:thunderbird	before 156.0	NVD

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2061387permissions-required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-90/vendor-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-94/vendor-advisory

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