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CVE-2026-6769

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Description

Privilege escalation in the Debugger component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-21 13:16:22.753000
Last modified
2026-10-26 22:10:00.163000
View original CVE JSON
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T22:10:00.163",
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