CVE-2026-7949

Publication date 6 May 2026

Last updated 14 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.1 · Low

Score breakdown

Description

Out of bounds read in Skia 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 Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
libskia 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Notes


alexmurray

The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu


mdeslaur

starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.1 · Low
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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