Low3.4Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Privilege escalation in the Security component
CVE-2026-8970 Published May 19, 2026
CVE-2026-8970
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Privilege escalation in the Security component. Red Hat rates this low (CVSS 3.4). Weakness: CWE-266. Affected package(s): thunderbird, firefox. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:26551 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_8
- firefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_4
- firefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_4
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_8
- firefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_6
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_2
- firefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_6
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_4
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_0
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_4
- thunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_6
- firefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_2
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:26551
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:26551 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
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