---
id: CVE-2025-14323
title: 'Privilege escalation in the DOM: Notifications component'
summary: >-
  Privilege escalation in the DOM: Notifications component. This vulnerability
  was fixed in Firefox 146, Firefox ESR 115.31, Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird
  146, and Thunderbird 140.6.
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: mozilla
product: firefox
affected:
  - firefox < 115.31.0
  - firefox < 146.0
  - 'firefox >= 116.0, < 140.6.0'
  - thunderbird < 140.6.0
  - thunderbird < 146.0
patched:
  - firefox 140.6.0
  - thunderbird 146.0
published: '2025-12-09'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14323'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996555'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-92/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-93/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-94/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-95/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-96/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-14323.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14323'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420513'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14323'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14323'
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-94/#CVE-2025-14323'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0007'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0127'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0124'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23035'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0025'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23128'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0026'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0005'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0024'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0006'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0023'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0014'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0022'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0015'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0021'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0018'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0020'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0017'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0019'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0016'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0004'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0013'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0003'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23034'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00415
epssPercentile: 0.35582
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T17:13:20.754Z'
scores:
  nvd: 8.8
  vendor: 7.5
cwe:
  - CWE-266
---

## Overview

Privilege escalation in the DOM: Notifications component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 146, Firefox ESR 115.31, Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird 146, and Thunderbird 140.6.

## Affected

- `firefox < 115.31.0`
- `firefox < 146.0`
- `firefox >= 116.0, < 140.6.0`
- `thunderbird < 140.6.0`
- `thunderbird < 146.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `firefox 140.6.0`
- `thunderbird 146.0`

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:0007** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0007)
- **RHSA-2026:0127** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) · released 2026-01-06 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0127)
- **RHSA-2026:0124** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) · released 2026-01-06 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0124)
- **RHSA-2025:23035** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) · released 2025-12-10 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23035)
- **RHSA-2026:0025** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0025)
- **RHSA-2025:23128** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · released 2025-12-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23128)
- **RHSA-2026:0026** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0026)
- **RHSA-2026:0005** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0005)
- **RHSA-2026:0024** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0024)
- **RHSA-2026:0006** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0006)
- **RHSA-2026:0023** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) · released 2026-01-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0023)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-14323.json)
