Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Published: 2026-05-06
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6250-1 chromium security update
History

Sat, 09 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools
Weaknesses CWE-501
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 08 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Insufficient Policy Enforcement in DevTools Enabling Sandbox Escape

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-693

Thu, 07 May 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Insufficient Policy Enforcement in DevTools Enabling Sandbox Escape
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-305

Thu, 07 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Thu, 07 May 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-305

Thu, 07 May 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Chrome DevTools Enabling Potential Sandbox Escape
Weaknesses CWE-264
CWE-284

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Chrome DevTools Enabling Potential Sandbox Escape
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Weaknesses CWE-264
CWE-284
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:36:40.756Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:36.300Z

Link: CVE-2026-8018

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T20:55:29.255Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:52.770

Modified: 2026-05-08T20:16:33.307

Link: CVE-2026-8018

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-8018 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-09T04:15:06Z