CVE-2026-92053: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Privilege escalation in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component of Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla fixed this issue in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3 as part of a broader security update addressing multiple high-impact vulnerabilities. The flaw could potentially allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the browser context, but no active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The impact is classified as high because privilege escalation vulnerabilities can allow attackers to gain elevated permissions, potentially leading to further compromise of the affected system or user data. However, there are no known exploits in the wild for this specific vulnerability at the time of publication.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been officially released by Mozilla. Users and administrators should update Firefox to version 156 or later, or Firefox ESR 153.3 or later, to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2026-92053: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Privilege escalation in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Mozilla
Firefox
Mozilla
Thunderbird
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component of Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla fixed this issue in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3 as part of a broader security update addressing multiple high-impact vulnerabilities. The flaw could potentially allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the browser context, but no active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The impact is classified as high because privilege escalation vulnerabilities can allow attackers to gain elevated permissions, potentially leading to further compromise of the affected system or user data. However, there are no known exploits in the wild for this specific vulnerability at the time of publication.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been officially released by Mozilla. Users and administrators should update Firefox to version 156 or later, or Firefox ESR 153.3 or later, to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-15T12:34:13.962Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-90/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-93/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 6aa93e6555bf5e2cf5d3100a
Added to database: 09/15/2026, 12:47:33 UTC
Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 13:02:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 04:01:24 UTC
Views: 8
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