High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2026· Updated May 19, 2026
CVE-2026-8557
CVE-2026-8557
Description
Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.htmlnvdProductVendor Advisory
- issues.chromium.org/issues/502978647nvdPermissions Required
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