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CVE-2026-16401: Privilege escalation in the Data Loss Prevention component

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-21 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Privilege escalation in the Data Loss Prevention component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 153.0.0 — fixed in 153.0.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 153.0 — fixed in 153.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 153.0.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 153.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052565
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/

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