CVE-2026-8949

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-19. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Integer overflow in the Widget: Win32 component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
43.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 19, 2026

Last Modified

May 20, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 5, 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 Thunderbird 151 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 — Mozilla

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

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 151 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
generic

Access Denied

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355639

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8949(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 54× 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 142 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8949?
CVE-2026-8949 is a high vulnerability published on May 19, 2026. Integer overflow in the Widget: Win32 component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
When was CVE-2026-8949 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8949 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 19, 2026, with the most recent update on May 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8949 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8949 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 43.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8949?
CVE-2026-8949 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8949?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8949, 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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