Privilege escalation in the IPC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 149.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Mozilla Firefox affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected < 149

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2010097 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-20/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the IPC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 149.
Title Privilege escalation in the IPC component
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T14:56:08.757Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T23:22:42.876Z

Link: CVE-2026-4722

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T14:55:58.386Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-24T13:16:08.093

Modified: 2026-03-24T15:53:48.067

Link: CVE-2026-4722

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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