Mozilla Firefox CVE-2026-118008

Exploitation requires a Firefox user (versions prior to 159) to load attacker-controlled web content that triggers the DOM: Navigation component flaw; per the CVSS vector no prior authentication or attacker privileges are needed (PR:N) but victim user interaction is required (UI:R), which is the primary limiting factor and prevents fully automated mass exploitation (SSVC Automatable: no). The specific configuration, markup, or navigation sequence that triggers the privilege-management defect is not described in the available sources. Exploitation is bounded to Firefox builds before 159; updating to Firefox 159 removes the flaw.

Signals are moderately consistent and point to a serious-but-not-emergency issue. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.8) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that needs no attacker privileges but does require user interaction - consistent with a browser vulnerability triggered when a victim visits attacker-controlled web content. SSVC tempers this: Exploitation is rated 'none' (no observed or public exploitation), Automatable 'no' (user interaction breaks fully automated mass exploitation), while Technical Impact is 'total', aligning with the C:H/I:H/A:H impact. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from this data; the vuln.today Decision label is 'this_week', i.e. prioritized remediation but not act_now/emergency. No confirmed public exploit code is present - the vuldb and NVD/EUVD links are advisory references, not proof-of-concept exploits. Net: a genuinely high-severity, high-impact browser flaw worth patching promptly in the current cycle, but the required user interaction and absence of any exploitation evidence make it a prioritized routine fix rather than a drop-everything emergency. One caveat: the description labels this 'privilege escalation' and CWE-269 (improper privilege management), yet the vector carries UI:R and AV:N, so the realistic vector is a user visiting malicious web content rather than a local privilege-escalation primitive - the exact trigger is not described in the available sources.

An attacker hosts or injects crafted web content that abuses the DOM Navigation component, then lures a Firefox user (via a link, ad, or compromised site) to load it. Because user interaction is required (UI:R), the victim must open the page; successful triggering escalates the attacker's privileges within the browser, yielding high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No confirmed public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the precise trigger mechanism is not described in the available sources.