CVE-2026-4722
Mozilla Firefox ≤ 149.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-4722 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 24th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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CVE-2026-4722 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IPC component of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. It affects versions of these browsers prior to 149, where the issue was addressed. Published on 2026-03-24, the vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE category NVD-CWE-noinfo.
The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers requiring low attack complexity and no privileges, though user interaction is necessary. Successful exploitation enables high-impact consequences on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the unchanged scope, allowing privilege escalation in the affected browser processes.
Mozilla's security advisories MFSA 2026-20 and MFSA 2026-23 detail the fix implemented in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. Additional technical information is available in Bugzilla entry 2010097.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-14859
Vulnerability Data
Privilege escalation in the IPC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149.
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