High severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-84117
Privilege escalation in Firefox for Android
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Privilege escalation in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FM
Firefox Mobile · Mozilla
before 155.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84117
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84117
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2053320
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-82/
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