CVE-2026-8961

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-19. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Spoofing issue in the Form Autofill component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
25%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 19, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 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=1962625

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8961(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_82026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_02026-06-17redhat
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_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el7_92026-06-17redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_82026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_22026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_42026-06-16redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-06-03redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-06-01redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el10_22026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el8_102026-05-27redhat
redhatfirefox-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:140.11.0-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(8 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr102.1.0esr-1 ... 91.9.1esr-1~deb9u1 (275 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1—
thunderbird1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (326 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr102.11.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (182 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1—
thunderbird1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (211 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (58 versions)140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (67 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (59 versions)140.11.0esr-1—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (68 versions)1:140.11.0esr-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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 15× in last 7d / 80× 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 192 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-23 17:07 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-23 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-23 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-21 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-21 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-21 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-17 10:01 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-17 10:01 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-17 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-08-16 03:35 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 03:35 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-16 03:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-14 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-14 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-14 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-12 14:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-12 14:22 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-12 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-11 09:55 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-11 09:55 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-11 09:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-10 07:44 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-10 07:44 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-10 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-07 16:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-05 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-05 21:22 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-05 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-03 22:22 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-03 22:22 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-03 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-02 20:10 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-02 20:10 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-02 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-01 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-01 17:58 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-01 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  57. 2026-07-26 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-07-26 08:20 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-26 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  63. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8961?
CVE-2026-8961 is a medium vulnerability published on May 19, 2026. Spoofing issue in the Form Autofill component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
When was CVE-2026-8961 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8961 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 19, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8961 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8961 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 75.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8961?
CVE-2026-8961 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8961?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8961, 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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