Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2026-8012

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in MHTML in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.24qt6-qtwebengine6.11.1-r1ALPINE-CVE-2026-8012
Debian:12chromium148.0.7778.96-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8012
Debian:13chromium148.0.7778.96-1~deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8012
Debian:14chromium148.0.7778.96-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8012

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 148.0.7778.96 – before 148.0.7778.96

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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