CVE-2026-8973: Mozilla Firefox

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	unaffected 151 to *, inclusive rpm
Mozilla	Thunderbird	unaffected 151 to *, inclusive rpm

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)Used for this record
7.5	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (redhat-SADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0037, the 30th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 19 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2026-8973
NVD: CVE-2026-8973

References from the CNA

bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/

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