What is CVE-2026-5902?

CVE-2026-5902 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-5902?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2026-5902

Race in Media in Google Chrome on Android prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to corrupt media stream metadata via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-5902?: CVE-2026-5902 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-5902?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.