CVE-2026-8972
Published: 19 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8972 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 7.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.
Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.
Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.
Enforces proper privilege management by requiring all decisions through the verified reference monitor.
By mandating division of duties across roles, the control enforces proper privilege management and prevents a single entity from controlling an entire sensitive process.
Implements core proper privilege management by restricting to only required rights.
Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.
Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.
NVD Description
Privilege escalation in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
Deeper analysisAI
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