Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154.

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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-264
CWE-284

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Description Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154.
Title Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:39:03.058Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:58:03.693Z

Link: CVE-2026-74952

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:38:55.833Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T13:17:32.100

Modified: 2026-08-18T16:18:18.983

Link: CVE-2026-74952

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Updated: 2026-08-18T14:00:13Z

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