CVE-2026-92017
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the DOM: Service Workers component of Firefox and Thunderbird. It affects multiple ESR branches and is patched in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 115.41, 140.16, 153.3, Thunderbird 156, 140.16, and 153.3.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges, leading to unauthorized data access and application compromise.
Recommendation
Update to one of the fixed versions: Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 115.41, 140.16, or 153.3; Thunderbird 156, 140.16, or 153.3.
Other vulnerabilities in Firefox
See all- CVE-2026-92079Critical
Mitigation bypass vulnerability in the Widget: Win32 component. It was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92075Critical
Mitigation bypass in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92071Critical
Sandbox escape vulnerability due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component. It was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92066Critical
Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component of Firefox and Thunderbird. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Thunderbird 156.
- CVE-2026-92061Critical
Incorrect boundary conditions in the Security: Process Sandboxing component. Fixed in Firefox 156 and Thunderbird 156.
- CVE-2026-92057Critical
Mitigation bypass vulnerability in the Enterprise Policies component. It was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92051Critical
Spoofing issue due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. Fixed in Firefox 156 and Thunderbird 156.
- CVE-2026-92048Critical
Sandbox escape vulnerability due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component. It was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92045Critical
Sandbox escape vulnerability due to incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC component. It was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.
- CVE-2026-92037Critical
Incorrect boundary conditions in the DOM: Animation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Thunderbird 156.
Original NVD description (English source)
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Service Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 115.41, Firefox ESR 140.16, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, Thunderbird 140.16, and Thunderbird 153.3.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS