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CVE-2026-8516

Published: May 14, 2026

Modified: May 14, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DataTransfer in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	affected `148.0.7778.168 - < 148.0.7778.168`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/496393078

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