Privilege escalation in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component
CVE-2026-117995

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Key Information:

Vendor: Mozilla
Status: Firefox
Vendor: CVE Published:; 27 October 2026

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What is CVE-2026-117995?

Privilege escalation in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159 and Firefox ESR 153.6.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox 153.6

Firefox 159

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2081184

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-118/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-120/

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Oct 27, 2026
Vulnerability Reserved
Oct 27, 2026

Credit

haruka yamazaki

CVE-2026-117995 Data

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