CVE-2026-17948

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-30. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3
7.5
Vendor severity
LOWper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Low)
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/516849257
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17948(1)

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

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium100.0.4896.127-1 ... 99.0.4844.84-1~deb11u1 (500 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 151.0.7922.47-1 (394 versions)151.0.7922.71-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb12u1 (160 versions)151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (162 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 39× in last 7d / 159× 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 159 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-26 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-26 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-25 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-25 22:02 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-25 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-25 10:28 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-25 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-24 23:16 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-24 23:16 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-24 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-24 12:03 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-24 12:03 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-24 12:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-24 00:36 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-24 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-23 13:23 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-23 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-23 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-23 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-22 14:55 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-22 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-22 03:43 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-22 03:43 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-22 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-21 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-21 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-21 05:08 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-21 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-20 17:56 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-20 17:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 19:32 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-19 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-19 05:40 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-19 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-18 18:28 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-18 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-18 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-17 19:51 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-17 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-17 06:48 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-17 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-16 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-16 19:36 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-16 19:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-16 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-16 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-16 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-15 21:12 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-15 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-15 10:00 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-15 10:00 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-15 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-14 22:48 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-14 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-14 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-14 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-14 00:24 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-14 00:24 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-14 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-13 13:11 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-13 13:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-13 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-12 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-08-12 14:47 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-12 14:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-12 03:35 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-12 03:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-11 16:23 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-11 16:23 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-11 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-08-10 17:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-10 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-08-10 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-09 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-08-09 19:22 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-09 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-09 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-08 20:58 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17948?
CVE-2026-17948 is a high vulnerability published on July 30, 2026. Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
When was CVE-2026-17948 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17948 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2026, with the most recent update on August 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17948 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17948 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 90.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17948?
CVE-2026-17948 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17948?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17948, 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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