Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Mozilla Firefox affected
Version Status Constraints
115.39 unaffected ≤ 115.*
140.14 unaffected ≤ 140.*
153.1 unaffected ≤ 153.*
154 unaffected ≤ *
Mozilla Thunderbird affected
Version Status Constraints
140.14 unaffected ≤ 140.*
153.1 unaffected ≤ 153.*
154 unaffected ≤ *

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References
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2056571 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-75/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-76/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-79/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-80/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1. Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
References

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

ssvc

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

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-284

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.
Title Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T18:55:01.763Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:57:42.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-74942

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:17:51.276Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T13:17:30.673

Modified: 2026-08-18T19:17:06.777

Link: CVE-2026-74942

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T19:00:12Z

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