🛡️ CVE-2026-7943 — chrome

🟡 CVSS 4.2 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-20 NVD

4.2

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-7943 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2026-7943 is recorded against 1 package.

chrome (fixed in 148.0.7778.96)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 May 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com
issues.chromium.org

CVE-2026-7943 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 4.2

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

CWE CWE-20

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2026-05-06

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
chrome	—	148.0.7778.96

References

Vendor Advisory https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required https://issues.chromium.org/issues/495373657

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