CVE-2026-9981

Inappropriate implementation in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published: 2026-05-28 Last update: 2026-06-01 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-9981 is rated Low Risk (29.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-9981

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 2026-05-29 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-9981

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-9981

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-9981

GHSA-w395-2q8g-22px · Severity: medium — Inappropriate implementation in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-9981

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2026-9981 end-of-life priority: Debian including 2 source packages (chromium, libskia), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9981
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9981

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-9981

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 148.0.7778.216 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome < 148.0.7778.215 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-9981

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