What is CVE-2026-17992?

CVE-2026-17992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-17992?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2026-17992

Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Published 2026-07-30 · last modified 2026-10-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.6% 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: 0.003 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 151.0.7922.72
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-457

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/520506316 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-17992?: CVE-2026-17992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-457. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-17992?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.