CVE-2026-8586

FAUCET Score

Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a local attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Exploitability Score

2.1

Impact Score

3.4

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.10%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

1.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0010 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 126 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-2026-8586

Chromium: CVE-2026-8586 Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting

May 12, 2026

References

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

Vendor Advisory

issues.chromium.org / issues/499154022

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