CVE-2026-9971

Inappropriate implementation in iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published: 2026-05-28 Last update: 2026-06-01 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-9971 is rated Low Risk (24.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-9971

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 2026-05-30 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
2 2026-05-29 0.06%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-9971

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
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 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-9971

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-9971

GHSA-3g4q-5xwc-2fr8 · Severity: medium — Inappropriate implementation in iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-9971

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2026-9971 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9971

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-9971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 148.0.7778.216 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-9971

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