CVE-2026-7948

FAUCET Score

Race in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

First published: May 6, 2026Last modified: May 7, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 148.0.7778.96CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::
		>= 148.0.7778.96, < 148.0.7778.96CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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 Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.6

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.13%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

3.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0013 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 148.0.3967.54

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-7948

Chromium: CVE-2026-7948 Race in Chromoting

May 7, 2026

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Release NotesVendor Advisory

issues.chromium.org / issues/496193452

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