CVE-2026-8401

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-12. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 12, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Sep 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 150.0.3 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/
generic

2038679 - (CVE-2026-8401) Make the BackupUI and MigrationWizard use remoteTypes

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038679
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8401(20)

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

Patch Availability(21)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el10_02026-06-22redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_82026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_02026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el7_92026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_42026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_82026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-06-03redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-06-01redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-05-27redhat

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

(8 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr102.1.0esr-1 ... 91.9.1esr-1~deb9u1 (275 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1—
thunderbird1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (326 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr102.11.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (182 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1—
thunderbird1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (211 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (58 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (67 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (59 versions)140.11.0esr-1—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (68 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

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 7× in last 7d / 28× 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 468 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8401?
CVE-2026-8401 is a critical vulnerability published on May 12, 2026. Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.
When was CVE-2026-8401 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8401 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 12, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8401 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8401 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 75.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8401?
CVE-2026-8401 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8401?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8401, 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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