CVE-2026-92073: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves privilege escalation within the Enterprise Policies component of Mozilla Firefox. It was identified and fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. The Mozilla advisory lists this as a high-impact issue and confirms the availability of an official fix in the specified versions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows privilege escalation, which could enable an attacker to gain higher privileges than intended within the Firefox browser environment. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions or access within the browser context.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update to Firefox 156 or Firefox ESR 153.3 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor has provided an official fix, and applying these updates will mitigate the risk.
CVE-2026-92073: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Mozilla
Firefox
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves privilege escalation within the Enterprise Policies component of Mozilla Firefox. It was identified and fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. The Mozilla advisory lists this as a high-impact issue and confirms the availability of an official fix in the specified versions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows privilege escalation, which could enable an attacker to gain higher privileges than intended within the Firefox browser environment. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions or access within the browser context.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update to Firefox 156 or Firefox ESR 153.3 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor has provided an official fix, and applying these updates will mitigate the risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-15T12:34:34.588Z
- 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: 6aa93e6955bf5e2cf5d3102e
Added to database: 09/15/2026, 12:47:37 UTC
Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 13:01:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/15/2026, 13:32:17 UTC
Views: 5
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