Improper Privilege Management Affecting Firefox package, versions [,155)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-20562093
  • published7 Oct 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-84117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 155 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management via improper permission handling. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to elevated privileges by exploiting weaknesses in the application's security controls.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1