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Google Chromium Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2026-125350

What this means

This is rated high severity (8.8 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Google Chrome is in your estate, and treat that as the priority.

Full vendor description

Use after free in XML in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.50 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Scoring and exploitation

8.8/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreHigh

Exploitable over the network without any account, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeUnchangedS:U

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
Not reported
Exploited in the wild
Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
Not reported
Listed product
Google Chromium

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products ()

  • Google Chrome
Show the raw CPE strings (1)
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

3 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.

Related feed events

  • Google Chromium Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    Type Vulnerability

    Google Chromium contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the XML component that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a specially crafted webpage.

    Next step: Confirm whether Google Chrome is in your estate.

    Who's reporting

    1 of 3 perspectives

    Official authority: Official 1Vendor statement missing. no VendorResearcher coverage missing. no Researcher1 signal

    Only official coverage so far. Treat as an early signal.

    Google Chrome
    CVE-2026-125350