CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-9946

HighCVSS 8.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

A Use-After-Free vulnerability in the ANGLE component in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the potential breach of browser process isolation, which could lead to privilege escalation and further system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Google Chrome to version 148.0.7778.216 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS