Bug 2550397 (CVE-2026-109704)

Summary:	CVE-2026-109704 firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	gotiwari, jhorak, mvyas, rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-13 12:53:26 UTC

Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158 and Firefox ESR 153.5.

Comment 1 Jon Orris 2026-10-26 03:03:50 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:89758 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89758

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-26 03:27:44 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:89756 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89756

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-10-26 04:09:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:89757 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89757