VDB-391609 · CVE-2026-74953 · GCVE-0-2026-74953

Mozilla Firefox up to 140.13/153/153.0 Cookies privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 140.13/153/153.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Cookies. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-74953. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 140.13/153/153.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Cookies. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-74953 since 08/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/18/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 140.14, 153.1 or 154 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Firefox 140.14/153.1/154

Timelineinfo

08/17/2026 CVE reserved
08/18/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
08/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-74953 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-74953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-391609

Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2026 15:14
Changes: 08/18/2026 15:14 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103