CVE-2026-8538

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

14/05/2026

Last modified:

14/05/2026

Description

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)

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.30

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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