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Security incident · CVE-2026-9985

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer pro…

Published May 28, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 21, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-9985. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

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  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.28%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe google/chrome

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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  • cpe google/chromeversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-9985

  • No stored fix

    No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.

  • Version check

    No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-9985. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 28, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

  2. Jul 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9985

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-9985

    30-day exploitation probability 0.28%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9985

    Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 17, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 17, 2026