Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-7973

High

Published: 06 May 2026

Published
06 May 2026
Modified
06 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 19.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-7973 is a high-severity External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter (CWE-472) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 19.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NVD Description

Integer overflow in Dawn in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-472

Affected Products

google
chrome
≤ 148.0.7778.96

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