Firefox and Thunderbird Enterprise Policies privilege escalation

critical severity ยท published 2026-08-18

A privilege escalation flaw in the Enterprise Policies component of Firefox and Thunderbird. The source does not describe the exact impact.

Fixed in: 153.1.0

CVE: CVE-2026-74985

Source: NVD

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