CVE-2026-8018

HIGHNVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
17.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/498292657
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8018(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 11× in last 7d / 55× 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 152 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-27 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-27 14:47 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-06-27 14:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-26 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-06-26 23:19 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-06-26 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-06-25 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-06-15 05:30 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-15 05:30 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-06-15 05:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-14 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-06-14 18:31 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-06-14 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-14 07:18 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-14 07:18 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-06-14 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  27. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-12 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-12 23:00 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-06-12 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-12 06:21 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-12 06:21 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-06-12 06:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-11 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-06-11 19:22 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-06-11 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-11 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-06-11 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-06-11 08:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-10 22:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-10 20:56 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-06-10 20:56 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-06-10 20:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-10 09:56 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-10 09:56 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-06-10 09:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-09 22:57 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-06-09 22:57 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-06-09 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-09 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-06-09 09:37 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-06-09 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-08 22:03 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-06-08 22:03 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-06-08 22:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-08 06:12 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-06-08 06:12 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-06-08 06:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-06-07 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-06-07 19:14 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-06-07 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-06-07 08:15 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-06-07 08:15 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-06-07 08:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-06-06 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-06-06 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-06-06 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  73. 2026-06-06 10:13 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-06-06 10:13 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-06-06 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8018?
CVE-2026-8018 is a high vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
When was CVE-2026-8018 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8018 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8018 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8018 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8018?
CVE-2026-8018 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8018?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8018, 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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