CVE-2026-87473

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-09. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Incorrect authorization in FileHandling in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3
6.5
Vendor severity
LOWper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Low)
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 9, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/537101736
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0808145027.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-87473(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.

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 30× in last 7d / 61× 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.

  1. 2026-09-25 04:34 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-25 04:34 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-25 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-24 05:52 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-24 05:52 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-24 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-23 07:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-23 07:10 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-23 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-22 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-22 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-22 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-21 09:46 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-21 09:46 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-21 09:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-20 11:05 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-20 11:05 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-20 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-19 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-19 12:23 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-19 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-18 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 13:42 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-18 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-17 14:59 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-17 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-16 16:17 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-16 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-15 17:34 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-15 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-15 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 12:21 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-15 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-14 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 12:45 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.10
  23. 2026-09-14 12:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 12:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  25. 2026-09-14 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-13 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-12 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-11 13:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-10 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-10 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-09 15:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-09 01:22 UTCNVD update
  35. 2026-09-09 00:58 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-09 00:57 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-87473?
CVE-2026-87473 is a medium vulnerability published on September 9, 2026. Incorrect authorization in FileHandling in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
When was CVE-2026-87473 disclosed?
CVE-2026-87473 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 9, 2026, with the most recent update on September 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-87473 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-87473 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 81.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-87473?
CVE-2026-87473 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-87473?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-87473, 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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