CVE-2026-9874
CriticalCVSS 9.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system, leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Recommendation
Immediately update Google Chrome to version 148.0.7778.216 or later. Consider implementing temporary policies to block untrusted HTML pages.
Other vulnerabilities in Dawn
See all- CVE-2026-14424Critical
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Dawn component of Google Chrome on Mac prior to version 150.0.7871.46. A remote attacker could exploit a crafted HTML page to potentially achieve a sandbox escape.
- CVE-2026-14420Critical
A vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allows a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. The issue is an out-of-bounds read and write.
- CVE-2026-14417Critical
A use-after-free vulnerability in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allows a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2026-14416Critical
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome prior to version 150.0.7871.46 could allow a remote attacker to potentially escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2026-13934Critical
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Dawn in Google Chrome on Android prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2026-13776Critical
A type confusion vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome prior to version 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. This issue is rated as Critical in Chromium security.
- CVE-2026-79221Medium
Uninitialized resource in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to potentially read memory inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Severity: Medium)
- CVE-2026-14428High
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Dawn in Google Chrome on Android prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2026-14421Medium
An uninitialized use vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to version 150.0.7871.46 allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
- CVE-2026-14408Medium
An uninitialized use vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome prior to version 150.0.7871.46 allows a remote attacker to read potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
Original NVD description (English source)
Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

