CVE-2026-74953

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-18. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Privilege escalation in the Networking: Cookies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 153.1 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 140.14 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-76/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 154 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/
generic

Access Denied

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022382

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74953(13)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(17)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el8_42026-09-09redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el8_82026-09-09redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el9_22026-09-09redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el8_62026-09-09redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el8_82026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el10_02026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el7_92026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el8_62026-09-08redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el10_22026-09-08redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el10_02026-09-08redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.14.0-1.el8_102026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el8_42026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el9_42026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el9_62026-09-08redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el9_82026-08-24redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el10_22026-08-24redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.14.0-1.el8_102026-08-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr102.11.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (195 versions)140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1—
thunderbird1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (224 versions)1:140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (71 versions)140.14.0esr-1~deb13u1—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (80 versions)1:140.14.0esr-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (72 versions)140.14.0esr-2—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (81 versions)1:140.14.0esr-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 35× in last 7d / 153× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 168 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 05:57 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 05:57 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-19 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 16:45 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-18 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 02:25 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-18 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-17 13:14 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-17 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-16 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 23:23 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-16 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-16 10:12 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-16 10:12 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-16 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-15 19:11 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-15 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-15 05:53 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-15 05:53 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-15 05:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-14 16:16 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-14 16:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-14 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-14 03:05 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-14 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-13 13:54 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-13 13:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-13 00:43 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-13 00:43 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-13 00:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-12 11:32 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-12 11:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-11 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-11 21:59 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-11 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-11 08:47 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-11 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-10 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-10 19:36 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-10 19:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-10 06:25 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-10 06:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-09 17:14 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-09 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-09 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-09 03:33 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-09 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-09-08 07:03 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-08 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-07 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-07 17:50 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-07 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-07 04:39 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-07 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-06 13:53 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-06 13:53 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-06 13:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-06 00:42 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-06 00:42 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-06 00:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-05 11:30 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-05 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-04 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-04 22:18 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-04 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-04 09:04 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-04 09:04 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-04 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-09-03 19:51 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-03 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-03 06:07 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-03 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-02 16:53 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-02 16:53 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-02 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-09-02 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-09-02 02:20 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-02 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-09-01 13:06 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-09-01 13:06 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-01 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-31 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-31 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-31 10:17 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-31 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74953?
CVE-2026-74953 is a high vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. Privilege escalation in the Networking: Cookies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
When was CVE-2026-74953 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74953 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74953 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74953 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74953?
CVE-2026-74953 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74953?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74953, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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