CVE-2026-8547

HIGH EPSS 17.0%

Published May 14, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

7.5 CVSS 3.1

High

Published May 14, 2026 1mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Passwords in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.5

Exploitability

1.6

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

17.0% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
google	chrome	*	<148.0.7778.168
microsoft	windows	*	any

References 2

chromereleases.googleblog.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html

ProductVendor Advisory
issues.chromium.org https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497632199

Permissions Required

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.