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CVE-2026-8538

21
FAUCET Score

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform a denial of service via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

First published: May 14, 2026Last modified: May 14, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 148.0.7778.168CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 148.0.7778.168, < 148.0.7778.168CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 707 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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: 148.0.3967.70

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-8538

Chromium: CVE-2026-8538 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU

May 12, 2026

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
ProductVendor Advisory
issues.chromium.org / issues/496415073
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