What is CVE-2026-7952?

CVE-2026-7952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-7952?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2026-7952

Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security sev…

EPSS: 0.000 (9.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Google Chrome — versions 148.0.7778.96
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7952?: CVE-2026-7952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-7952?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.