- High 8.8
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
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)
Scores
The facts
- Published
- 1 April 2026
- Last changed
- 24 July 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Severity
- High, CVSS 8.8 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- Affects
- google chrome
- Known exploited
- Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 1 April 2026.
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 52).
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