CVE-2026-7972

MEDIUMNVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Uninitialized Use in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EPSS
14.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 7, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated May 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497546281
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7972(1)

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 7× in last 7d / 36× 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 108 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-06-27 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-27 14:59 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-06-27 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-06-14 07:20 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-06-14 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-06-12 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-06-12 23:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-06-11 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-11 17:17 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-06-11 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-06-10 15:05 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-06-10 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-06-09 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-06-09 14:28 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-06-09 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-08 13:51 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-06-08 13:51 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-06-08 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-07 13:07 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-06-07 13:07 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-06-07 13:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-06 12:30 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-06-06 12:30 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-06-06 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-06-05 11:52 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-06-05 11:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-06-04 11:15 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-06-04 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-06-03 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-06-03 10:37 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-06-03 10:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-06-02 09:59 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-06-02 09:59 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-06-02 09:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-06-01 09:22 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-06-01 09:22 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-06-01 09:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7972?
CVE-2026-7972 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. Uninitialized Use in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
When was CVE-2026-7972 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7972 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7972 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7972 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 14.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7972?
CVE-2026-7972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7972?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7972, 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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