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An attacker can escalate privileges through the WebRender graphics component in Firefox and Thunderbird.
The call: Update Firefox to 152 (or ESR 140.12 / ESR 115.37) and Thunderbird to 152 (or ESR 140.12) through your package manager or Mozilla's update channel.
Recent issues you could have triaged in five minutes:
Firefox sandbox escape, a Dell RCE, and a Pacemaker crasher walk into your queue
CVE-2026-12289 lets attackers break out of Firefox/Thunderbird's WebRender sandbox (CVSS 8.8). Dell OpenManage and Pacemaker CIB also carry 8.6+ bugs, plus a command injection in Galaxy NG and a TLS bypass between Harvester and Rancher.
WordPress RCE at 9.8 unauthed, Defender privesc unpatched, OpenSSL nonce fail
A PHP Object Injection in a Salesforce/CF7 WordPress plugin needs no login and scores CVSS 9.8. Microsoft Defender's Malware Protection Engine has a local-to-SYSTEM escalation (CVSS 7.8) with no fix shipped yet. OpenSSL silently ignores IVs in AES-OCB mode, breaking encryption guarantees.
PeopleSoft takeover exploited in the wild, plus a 9.1 CMS forgery bug in OpenSSL
An unauthenticated PeopleSoft PeopleTools compromise (CVE-2026-35273) is already being exploited. Also: a CVSS 9.1 CMS AuthEnvelopedData forgery affecting OpenSSL, Node.js, and QEMU (CVE-2026-34182), a Zoom mobile privilege escalation, a public exploit for a Revo Uninstaller kernel driver, and a SQLite FTS5 heap overflow.
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