CVE-2026-7960: Race in Google Chrome
Race in Speech in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 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: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the Speech feature of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.96. An attacker with control over the renderer process can exploit this flaw to read sensitive data from process memory by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue is recognized and documented by Google, with a stable channel update released to fix it.
Potential Impact
If exploited, an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could gain access to potentially sensitive information residing in process memory. This could lead to information disclosure within the context of the compromised renderer process. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Chrome version 148.0.7778.96 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update locally. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-7960: Race in Google Chrome
Description
Race in Speech in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 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: Medium)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the Speech feature of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.96. An attacker with control over the renderer process can exploit this flaw to read sensitive data from process memory by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue is recognized and documented by Google, with a stable channel update released to fix it.
Potential Impact
If exploited, an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could gain access to potentially sensitive information residing in process memory. This could lead to information disclosure within the context of the compromised renderer process. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Chrome version 148.0.7778.96 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update locally. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-05T22:59:20.822Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 69fb86e0cbff5d861024d427
Added to database: 5/6/2026, 6:22:24 PM
Last enriched: 5/6/2026, 7:08:30 PM
Last updated: 5/7/2026, 8:15:08 AM
Views: 4
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