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CVE-2026-5281

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3f911b66c9931e3ce1c6d307ded7f18155a8092b4d5c511eb01937a78e57cfab
Known exploited
CISA KEV
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"Chrome","vendor":"Google","versions":[{"lessThan":"146.0.7680.178","status":"affected","version":"146.0.7680.178","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-416","description":"Use after free","lang":"en"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Known exploitation assertions

2 source assertions
{"cwes":["CWE-416"],"dateAdded":"2026-04-01","dueDate":"2026-04-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281 ","product":"Dawn","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use o…
  • cisa_kev_jsonknown_exploited
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a62e72112c5c9955bc8e9e0c405c45b1e7367bc102aead1adb11c3c74d1546b · sha256:635dff916c4092c0… · /vulnerabilities/104
    Open source location →
{"cwes":["CWE-416"],"dateAdded":"2026-04-01","dueDate":"2026-04-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281 ","product":"Dawn","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use o…
  • cisa_kev_jsonknown_exploited
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6894b849acf2c4d9f3ad172eec31621ac454ea157d039914104dc9e8972cae3b · sha256:16acee8334e59e44… · /vulnerabilities/101
    Open source location →

Source references

3 source assertions
{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["government-resource"],"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:53ae640886ea02b95d28b7e56f28539f0f24b11b172c1ad9943866b479dfb925 · sha256:2865efaa761ba1ad… · /containers/adp/0/references/0

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