CVE-2026-126917
A NVD · · CVE-2026-126917
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The report is a pure NVD entry with no indication of active exploitation; the only decisive point is timely patching of Chrome and Chromium-based browsers such as Edge.
Description
Google Chrome prior to version 157.0.8103.78 contains a memory corruption vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine (CVE-2026-126917). According to the vendor, a remote attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox via a specially crafted HTML page. Google rates the vulnerability as "High" on the Chromium severity scale; details of the root cause are usually published only after the fix has been broadly rolled out. At the time of reporting there is no evidence of active exploitation or a CISA KEV listing. All installations of Chrome and Chromium-derived browsers prior to the stated version are affected.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 0.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 0.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational