CVE-2026-5887

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass download restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Published: 2026-04-08 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-5887 is rated Low Risk (19.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-5887

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-5887

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-5887

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-5887

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2026-5887 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5887
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5887
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-5887 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 4 status rows across 4 suites (jammy, noble, questing, upstream): not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5887

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-5887

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 147.0.7727.55 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-5887

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