# CVE-2026-117862: Privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111033, GHSA-R27G-WF92-W7Q3
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Summary

This vulnerability affects Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR, where incorrect boundary condition handling in the Networking component could allow privilege escalation. Successful exploitation could let an attacker gain higher privileges than intended within the browser.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: version range not reported
- Mozilla Thunderbird: version range not reported

## Description

Privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 115.44, Firefox ESR 153.6, Thunderbird 159, and Thunderbird 153.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2054644
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-118/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-119/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-120/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122/

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