Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2026-7900
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity heap buffer overflow 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 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.24 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.11.0-r8 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 148.0.7778.96-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 148.0.7778.96-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 148.0.7778.96-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk | 2.54.0-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:13 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
| Debian:14 | wpewebkit | 2.54.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7900 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H