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CVE-2026-8542

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Summary

Use after free in Core in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS Score
8.3
High
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-14
First Seen: 2026-05-17
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 79.6% of all 328,009 vulnerabilities in our database.

#66,785
Top 25% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 14, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2026-05-19
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-416

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
google chrome Affected
< 148.0.7778.168

🔗 References 2

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable...
Product Vendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497066659
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