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TI-2026-04112 Aliases CVE-2026-4717GHSA-pqfx-cwf8-965q

Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component

Priority MEDIUM 49Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00434 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Firefox (Mozilla): 140.9, 149Thunderbird (Mozilla): 140.9, 149Red Hat: 25 advisoriesRed Hat: 17 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MozillaFirefox—140.9, 149Patch availableCNA
MozillaThunderbird—140.9, 149Patch availableCNA
  • Firefox VendorMozilla Affected — Fixed in 140.9, 149 Patch available CNA
  • Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected — Fixed in 140.9, 149 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*before 140.9.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*before 149.0VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* Versions before 140.9.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions before 149.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 140.9, 149
  • Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 140.9, 149

Red Hat 25 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:8850 Released 2026-04-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_4
  • RHSA-2026:8427 Released 2026-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox-140.9.0-1.el7_9
  • RHSA-2026:8315 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el10_0
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  • RHSA-2026:8290 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el9_4
  • RHSA-2026:8284 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el9_6
  • RHSA-2026:8289 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_6
  • RHSA-2026:8286 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el9_0
  • RHSA-2026:8287 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el9_2
  • RHSA-2026:8288 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_8
  • RHSA-2026:8285 Released 2026-04-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_2
  • RHSA-2026:7858 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_4
  • RHSA-2026:7837 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) firefox-140.9.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11-140.9.0-1.el9_6
  • RHSA-2026:7845 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) firefox-140.9.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-140.9.0-1.el9_4
  • RHSA-2026:7838 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_8
  • RHSA-2026:7843 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) firefox-140.9.0-1.el10_0
  • RHSA-2026:7842 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_6
  • RHSA-2026:7841 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox-140.9.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-140.9.0-1.el9_2
  • RHSA-2026:7839 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox-140.9.0-1.el9_0
  • RHSA-2026:7840 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_2
  • RHSA-2026:6917 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:6342 Released 2026-04-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el10_1
  • RHSA-2026:6188 Released 2026-03-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-140.9.0-1.el9_7
  • RHSA-2026:5932 Released 2026-03-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-140.9.0-1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:5930 Released 2026-03-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-140.9.0-1.el9_7, firefox-x11-140.9.0-1.el9_7
  • RHSA-2026:5931 Released 2026-03-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox-140.9.0-1.el10_1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:5931, RHSA-2026:6342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:5932, RHSA-2026:6917
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:5930, RHSA-2026:6188
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2026:7840, RHSA-2026:8285
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:7858, RHSA-2026:8850
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:7842, RHSA-2026:8289
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:7842, RHSA-2026:8289
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:7838, RHSA-2026:8288
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:7839, RHSA-2026:8286
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2026:7841, RHSA-2026:8287
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:7843, RHSA-2026:8315
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:7845, RHSA-2026:8290
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:7837, RHSA-2026:8284
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:7858, RHSA-2026:8850
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:7842, RHSA-2026:8289
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:7838, RHSA-2026:8288
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)Fixed RHSA-2026:8427

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4717
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pqfx-cwf8-965q

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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