CVE-2026-8401

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-12. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
23.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 12, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 150.0.3 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/
generic

Access Denied

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038679
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8401(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(21)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el10_02026-06-22redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_82026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_02026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el7_92026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_42026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_82026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-06-03redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-06-01redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-05-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 50× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 274 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-28 13:29 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-06-28 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-28 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-06-28 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-28 02:21 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-06-28 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-27 13:18 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-06-27 13:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-27 08:28 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-06-27 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-26 20:55 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-06-26 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-26 04:04 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-06-26 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-06-25 23:26 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-06-25 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-25 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-17 05:16 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-06-17 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-17 00:24 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-06-17 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-06-16 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-16 11:45 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-06-16 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-16 06:44 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-06-16 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-15 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-06-15 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-15 02:05 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-06-15 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-14 22:21 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-06-14 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-14 18:29 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-06-14 18:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-14 14:26 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-06-14 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-14 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-06-14 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-14 06:35 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-06-14 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-14 00:59 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-06-14 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-13 09:26 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-06-13 09:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-13 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-06-13 05:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-06-13 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-06-13 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  69. 2026-06-12 20:47 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-06-12 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-06-12 17:02 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-06-12 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-12 11:35 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-06-12 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-12 07:51 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8401?
CVE-2026-8401 is a critical vulnerability published on May 12, 2026. Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, and Thunderbird 140.11.
When was CVE-2026-8401 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8401 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 12, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8401 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8401 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8401?
CVE-2026-8401 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8401?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8401, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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