CVE-2026-7940

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CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p9

Published

May 6, 2026 (May 6, 2026)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-416
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

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