Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-8525

High

Published: 14 May 2026

Published
14 May 2026
Modified
19 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0023 13.7th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8525 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 13.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

Heap buffer overflow enables direct exploitation for client execution (T1203) and sandbox escape as privilege escalation (T1068) via crafted HTML.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

google
chrome
≤ 148.0.7778.168

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References