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CVE-2026-92038

Status: Awaiting AnalysisCritical (9.1)—

Mitigation bypass in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica red sin autenticación (T1190). Bypass de mitigación en Remote Settings permite lectura (C:H) y modificación (I:H) de datos de configuración críticos del navegador.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability ScanningRestrict File and Directory PermissionsPrivileged Account ManagementRemote Data StorageNetwork SegmentationLimit Access to Resource Over Network

Affected technologies (2)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Mozilla — FirefoxAIMozilla — Firefox ESRAI

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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