What is CVE-2026-92047?

CVE-2026-92047 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-92047?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2026-92047

Privilege escalation in the Crash Reporting component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-09-15 · last modified 2026-10-05.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-90/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-93/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-94/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-96/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-92047?: CVE-2026-92047 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-92047?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.