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CVE-2026-8565Disclosure(apple / chrome)

LOWCVSS 4.7 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform UI spoofing via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-451

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • chrome
  • macos

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-14); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
applegoogle
Products
chromemacos

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-14: 1Mentions · 2026-05-15: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-14: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-15: 105-1405-15
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-8565 Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to p… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8565 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-8565 Imp… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The tweet announces CVE-2026-8565, detailing an insecure download implementation in Chrome for Mac and linking to the official CVE record, but provides no evidence of exploitation, mitigation, or proof‑of‑concept.

    0101184
    78 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-8565 Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to p… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8565

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-8565 is disclosed as an inappropriate implementation issue in Chrome's Downloads on Mac, potentially exploitable through malicious extensions, without any PoC or active exploitation details provided.

    00000258
    57.5K followersView on X
CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSapplemacos---
Appgooglechrome---

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