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CVE-2026-4722: Privilege escalation in the IPC component

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Privilege escalation in the IPC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 149.0 — fixed in 149.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 149.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2010097
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-20/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/

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