Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,148.0.7778.168)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-16700497
  • published15 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-8516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (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 Improper Input Validation via insufficient validation in the DataTransfer process. An attacker can access sensitive information from process memory by convincing a user to perform specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1