CVE-2026-9126

FAUCET Score

Use after free in DOM in Google Chrome on prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

First published: May 20, 2026Last modified: May 20, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 148.0.7778.178CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::
		>= 148.0.7778.179, < 148.0.7778.179CPE 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

0.40%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

32.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 36th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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: 148.0.3967.83

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-9126

Chromium: CVE-2026-9124 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input

May 12, 2026

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0841193308.html

Vendor Advisory

issues.chromium.org / issues/496280532

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