What is CVE-2026-16417?

CVE-2026-16417 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-16417?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2026-16417

Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.182 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published 2026-07-21 · last modified 2026-10-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 150.0.7871.182

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-457

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256605… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/521491024 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16417?: CVE-2026-16417 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-16417?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.