Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-8522

High

Published: 14 May 2026

Published
14 May 2026
Modified
14 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 N/A
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8522 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) 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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

NVD Description

Use after free in Downloads in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Affected Products

Chromium
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

References