CVE-2026-7992

FAUCET Score

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in UI in Google Chrome on Linux, ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (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

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.22%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

13.0%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 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-2026-7992

Chromium: CVE-2026-7992 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in UI

May 7, 2026

References

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

Vendor Advisory

issues.chromium.org / issues/499067529

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