CVE-2026-8005

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to bypass same origin policy via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Published: 2026-05-06 Last update: 2026-05-07 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-8005 is rated Low Risk (17.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). 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-2026-8005

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 2026-05-07 0.01%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-8005

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-8005

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-8005

GHSA-4p7v-xggp-73p4 · Severity: medium — Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-8005

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2026-8005 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-2026-8005
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-8005 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8005

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-8005

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 148.0.7778.96 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-8005

cvelogic Threat Intelligence