CVE-2026-92073: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-92073 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Enterprise Policies component in Firefox. The flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. Mozilla addressed this vulnerability by releasing a fix in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating a high impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the Firefox environment, potentially gaining higher access rights than intended. This could lead to unauthorized actions or control over the affected system. The high CVSS score reflects the significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability has been fixed by Mozilla in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. Users and administrators should update affected Firefox installations to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2026-92073: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-92073 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Enterprise Policies component in Firefox. The flaw allows an attacker to escalate privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. Mozilla addressed this vulnerability by releasing a fix in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating a high impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the Firefox environment, potentially gaining higher access rights than intended. This could lead to unauthorized actions or control over the affected system. The high CVSS score reflects the significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability has been fixed by Mozilla in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3. Users and administrators should update affected Firefox installations to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-r55h-2qgq-xw46
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-92073"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa080c55bf5e2cf5ea4812
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 03:07:56 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 05:04:26 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 03:01:24 UTC
Views: 12
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