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
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100

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%
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
26th
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 19, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026
Patch available.
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 / EcosystemFix (by version range) / 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 rangeFix by version rangeDependents
firefox-esr102.1.0esr-1 ... 91.9.1esr-1~deb9u1 (275 versions)
  • every version up to 140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1: fixed in 140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1
—
thunderbird1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (326 versions)
  • every version up to 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1: fixed in 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1
—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
firefox-esr102.11.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (182 versions)
  • every version up to 140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1: fixed in 140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
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thunderbird1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (211 versions)
  • every version up to 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1: fixed in 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (58 versions)
  • every version up to 140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1: fixed in 140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1
—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (67 versions)
  • every version up to 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1: fixed in 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1
—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
firefox-esr128.13.0esr-1 ... 140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (59 versions)
  • every version up to 140.11.0esr-1: fixed in 140.11.0esr-1
—
thunderbird1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (68 versions)
  • every version up to 1:140.11.0esr-1: fixed in 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 6× in last 7d / 27× 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 231 total refreshes for this CVE.

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  18. 2026-08-23 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-23 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-21 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-21 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-20 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-08-17 10:01 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-17 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-08-16 03:35 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-16 03:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-08-14 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-14 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-08-12 14:22 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-12 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  54. 2026-08-11 09:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-08-10 07:44 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-10 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-09 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-08 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-07 16:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-07 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  73. 2026-08-05 21:22 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-05 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore

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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 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 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (26th percentile of EPSS-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?
A fix for CVE-2026-8961 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-8961 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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