CVE-2022-1096 [Exploited]

CVE-2022-1096 is rated Critical Active Threat (89.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.66%, 97th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-28) affecting Google / Chromium V8. a weakness (CWE-843) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-10	47.94%	37.66%	-10.28%
2	2026-04-29	38.23%	47.94%	+9.70%
3	2026-04-27	—	38.23%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-05-10

47.94%

37.66%

-10.28%

2026-04-29

38.23%

47.94%

+9.70%

2026-04-27

—

38.23%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
8.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

8.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1096

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-2022-1096: 2 source package rows (chromium, qt5-qtwebengine); 14 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 14, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1096
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-1096 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1096
`gentoo`	high	CVE-2022-1096: 1 GLSA(s) (202208-25), 4 atom(s) (dev-qt/qtwebengine, www-client/chromium, www-client/google-chrome, www-client/microsoft-edge); latest impact high.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-1096
`ubuntu`	high	CVE-2022-1096 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 2, ignored 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1096

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1096

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
google	chrome	< 99.0.4844.84	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::

References for CVE-2022-1096

URL	Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_25.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1309225	Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25	Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1096	US Government Resource

URL

CVE-2022-1096

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2022-1096

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1096

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1096

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1096

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1096

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1096

References for CVE-2022-1096