CVE-2026-126859
A NVD · · CVE-2026-126859
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 vulnerability requires social engineering against the user and has no reported active exploitation so far; the added value is limited to the patch prompt.
Description
In Google Chrome prior to version 157.0.8103.78, a vulnerability exists in the FileSystem area related to link following. A remote attacker can exploit it via a crafted HTML page if they persuade the user through social engineering to open it, thereby executing arbitrary code outside the sandbox. Google rates the flaw as Chromium severity 'High'. No evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the CISA KEV list has been reported so far. Only Chrome installations not updated to the stated version or later 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