CVE-2026-100761

HighCVSS 8.8

Published: 29/09/2026(UTC)Updated: 13/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 01/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

Privilege escalation vulnerability due to use-after-free in the Graphics: WebGPU component of Firefox and Thunderbird. It was fixed in Firefox 157 and Thunderbird 157.

Risk Assessment

It may allow an attacker to gain higher privileges on the system, posing a serious threat to workstation security.

Recommendation

Update Firefox and Thunderbird to version 157.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the Graphics: WebGPU component. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157 and Firefox 157.

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