CVE-2026-8517
Published: 14 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8517 is a high-severity Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime (CWE-664) vulnerability in Chromium (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requires a managed development lifecycle process with integrity controls on changes, improving control of resources throughout their lifetime.
Requires designing resource lifetime controls that anticipate, withstand, and recover from stresses or attacks, mitigating improper resource control.
Directly enforces limited resource lifetime by requiring initiation from a known state and explicit termination, shrinking the window any long-lived resource weakness can be exploited.
NVD Description
Object lifecycle issue in WebShare in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
Details
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