CRITICAL
chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in Gamepad
Published May 28, 2026
9.0
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
Uninitialized Use in Gamepad in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected products
-
- Version 148.0.7778.216StatusaffectedConstraints<148.0.7778.216
- Version
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Google Chrome Security Advisory.
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9972 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483099 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/508463705 Permissions Required
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9972
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9972
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9972 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483099 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://issues.chromium.org/issues/508463705 | Permissions Required | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9972 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9972 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published May 28, 2026
Updated May 30, 2026
Reserved May 28, 2026
Link CVE-2026-9972
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 29, 2026