CVE-2026-7940

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 94% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 5, 2026 (66 days ago)
Last Modified: May 5, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

An use after free flaw was found in the V8 component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=493631402

CWE

CWE-825

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 chromereleases.googleblog.com 🔗 issues.chromium.org