CVSS 3.1
9.6 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-126842 google chrome: Use After Free
Critical (9.6) in google chrome. EPSS 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
On this page
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.78 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 23rd percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-12. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-416 Use After Free
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- Chrome (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Under analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | from 157.0.8103.78 before 157.0.8103.78 |
Linux distributions
| Distribution | Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12, 13, 14 | chromium | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-126842 |
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Red Hat
Red Hat rates this Important.
Red Hat Product Security rates this vulnerability as Important because successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to break out of the browser sandbox and run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the active user. Although triggering the condition requires social engineering to trick a user into visiting an untrusted site, escaping renderer containment represents a serious compromise of host boundaries. Server deployments and systems without interactive graphical browser usage are not exposed to this issue.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Contains Red Hat Security Data © Red Hat, Inc., licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/data. Modified: reformatted. Red Hat's page for CVE-2026-126842.
History
- Scored 9.6 critical
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