External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter Affecting chromium package, versions [,148.0.7778.168)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-16699535
  • published15 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2026

CVE-2026-8573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-472  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 148.0.7778.168 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter in the Codecs process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code outside of the sandbox by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted video file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1