What is CVE-2026-7961?

CVE-2026-7961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-7961?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Apple Macos

CVE-2026-7961

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Permissions in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to leak cross-origin data via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.000 (4.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7961?: CVE-2026-7961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-7961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.