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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-33125

| CVE-2026-9983 HIGH
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843)
2026-05-28 Chrome GHSA-2hwp-xj49-9v3j
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
8.8 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
May 29, 2026 - 13:22 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 29, 2026 - 13:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
CVE Published
May 28, 2026 - 22:25 nvd
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
May 28, 2026 - 22:25 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Type Confusion in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox via a crafted HTML page that triggers a type confusion bug in the Skia graphics library. The flaw was reported by the Chrome team and is rated High severity by Chromium; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, though browser type-confusion bugs in Skia have historically been weaponized. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) - typically visiting an attacker-controlled or compromised page.

Technical ContextAI

Skia is the open-source 2D graphics library used by Chromium (and downstream browsers including Edge, Brave, Opera, and others) to render canvas, SVG, fonts, and compositor layers. CWE-843 (Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type, a.k.a. Type Confusion) means code treats an object as one type while it was actually allocated as another, allowing attacker-controlled data to be interpreted as pointers, vtables, or sizes. In Skia, type confusion typically arises in object lifecycle handling between SkPaint/SkPicture/SkImage structures or in deserialization paths, and is reachable from JavaScript through Canvas2D, WebGL, or CSS rendering APIs. The affected CPE (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome) confirms upstream Chrome desktop builds; Chromium-based browsers will inherit the bug until they merge the corresponding Skia/Chromium fix.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 148.0.7778.216 (Stable channel for desktop) - update immediately via the built-in updater or by redeploying the MSI/PKG/DEB package through enterprise management (Chrome Enterprise, Intune, Jamf, SCCM). Verify the running version under chrome://settings/help and force-relaunch since the patch only takes effect after browser restart. Administrators of Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera, etc.) should track those vendors' advisories and apply equivalent updates as they ship. If patching cannot be performed immediately, compensating controls include enabling Site Isolation (default in Chrome, verify via chrome://flags), restricting browsing to trusted sites via enterprise URL allowlists (trade-off: breaks general web usage), and disabling JavaScript on untrusted origins via the URLBlocklist/DefaultJavaScriptSetting policies (trade-off: significantly degrades modern web functionality). See the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html and the Chromium bug at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513001309 (which may remain restricted until broader patch adoption).

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed

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EUVD-2026-33125 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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