CVE-2026-8516

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DataTransfer in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
12.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 14, 2026

Last Modified

May 18, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/496393078
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-2026-8516(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 / 48× 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.

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  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-06-29 21:47 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-29 21:47 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-06-29 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-06-27 23:03 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-06-27 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-06-26 21:03 UTCVendor advisory
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  22. 2026-06-17 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-06-15 23:53 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-15 23:53 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-06-15 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-06-14 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-06-14 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-06-14 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-06-13 04:24 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-06-13 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-06-12 01:45 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-06-12 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-10 23:47 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-06-10 23:47 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-06-10 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-10 22:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-06-09 21:49 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-06-09 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-06-09 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-08 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-06-08 19:51 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-06-08 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-06-07 17:33 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-06-07 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-06-06 15:35 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-06-06 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  64. 2026-06-05 13:36 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-06-05 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  68. 2026-06-04 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-06-04 11:38 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-06-04 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-06-03 09:40 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-06-03 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-06-02 07:42 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8516?
CVE-2026-8516 is a medium vulnerability published on May 14, 2026. Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DataTransfer in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:…
When was CVE-2026-8516 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8516 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 14, 2026, with the most recent update on May 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8516 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8516 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 12.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8516?
CVE-2026-8516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8516?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8516, 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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