9.6

CVE-2026-9918: google chrome Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 9.6v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2026-9918CGA-3pq5-xx43-95g9CGA-v9g8-6jwc-783g
Published 28-05-2026Last modified 30-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-9918 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.6/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · +0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10906-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20849-1CGA-7R66-G9MF-P274

Timeline

  1. 28-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Tint in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.09 pp

From 0.24% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • chromium< 149.0.7827.53-r0
Debian1 product
  • chromium< 148.0.7778.215-1~deb12u1 | < 148.0.7778.215-1~deb13u1 | < 148.0.7778.215-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ 148.0.7778.216, < 148.0.7778.216 | < 148.0.7778.216
Wolfi1 product
  • chromium< 149.0.7827.53-r0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

3 links