CVE-2026-8537

MEDIUMNVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Insufficient policy enforcement in ViewTransitions in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EG Risk
19(Track)
EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 14, 2026

Last Modified

May 19, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/495890000
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8537(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 117 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  7. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-29 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-06-29 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-27 22:33 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-06-27 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-26 20:18 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-06-26 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-25 19:04 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-06-25 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-25 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-18 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-16 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-16 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-15 23:50 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-06-15 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  36. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-14 08:03 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-06-14 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-13 07:54 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-06-13 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-12 07:33 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-06-12 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-11 07:24 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-06-11 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-10 22:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-10 07:16 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-06-10 07:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-09 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-06-09 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-08 06:46 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-06-08 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-07 06:38 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-06-07 06:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-06-06 06:29 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-06-06 06:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-06-05 06:20 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-06-05 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-06-04 06:11 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-06-04 06:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-06-03 06:02 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-06-03 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-06-02 05:52 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-06-02 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8537?
CVE-2026-8537 is a medium vulnerability published on May 14, 2026. Insufficient policy enforcement in ViewTransitions in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-8537 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8537 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 14, 2026, with the most recent update on May 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8537 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8537 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8537?
CVE-2026-8537 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8537?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8537, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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