CVE-2026-16401

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

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jul 2026, 21:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8

24 Jul 2026, 16:43

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla firefox
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052565 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052565 - Permissions Required
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/ - Vendor Advisory

22 Jul 2026, 20:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/ -
Summary (en) Privilege escalation in the Data Loss Prevention component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153. (en) Privilege escalation in the Data Loss Prevention component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.

22 Jul 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
CWE CWE-269

21 Jul 2026, 13:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-21 13:17

Updated : 2026-07-24 21:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-16401

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16401

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16401


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management