CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-126879 google chrome: Use After Free
High (8.8) in google chrome. EPSS 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
On this page
Use after free in Layout in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.78 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 35th 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
- Analyzed
- 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 |
Fix and patched versions
- Vendor advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01744469280.html
Linux distributions
| Distribution | Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12, 13, 14 | chromium | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-126879 |
From the distributions' data via OSV.dev: the Debian Security Tracker. Modified: reformatted and linked to CVE records. Credits. On the distributions' own pages: Debian.
Red Hat
Red Hat rates this Important.
This vulnerability is rated as Important severity because, although an attacker can achieve remote code execution by tricking a user into rendering malicious web content, execution is confined within the browser's sandbox. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments, chromium-browser is an optional graphical application not installed or active in default server profiles. The risk is further bounded by the requirement for direct user interaction, preventing unprompted or automated exploitation against headless infrastructure.
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-2026-126879.
History
- Scored 8.8 high
- Analyzed by the NVD
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