Google Chrome CVE-2026-11692

Exploitation requires (1) a pre-existing compromise of the Chrome renderer process - the attacker must already be executing code inside the sandbox via a separate renderer bug, as explicitly stated in the CVE description; (2) the victim must load a crafted HTML page in a vulnerable Chrome version (UI:R user interaction), specifically content that exercises the Read Anything code path; and (3) the target must be running Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103. Limiting factors: high attack complexity (AC:H) reflecting heap-grooming and timing requirements typical of use-after-free exploitation, the hard prerequisite of a chained renderer exploit (this is not a one-shot drive-by), and the requirement that the Read Anything feature be reachable in the target build. No authentication is required at the network layer (PR:N), consistent with web-delivered attacks.

The CVSS 8.3 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects high complexity, required user interaction (visiting a malicious page), changed scope (sandbox escape), and full CIA impact - consistent with a second-stage browser exploit. There is no KEV listing and no public POC identified, and EPSS data is not provided in the input, so this should be treated as a high-severity patch-soon issue rather than an actively-exploited emergency. The key caveat is that exploitation explicitly requires a prior renderer compromise, meaning real-world risk depends on an attacker also possessing a separate renderer RCE primitive; in a chained 1-day or 0-day scenario this becomes a critical escalator, but standalone it is not directly exploitable from a web page. No conflicting signals were observed between the description and CVSS vector.

An attacker first lands a separate renderer-process RCE (via a prior 0-day or chained N-day) when a victim visits a malicious or compromised website; once code is executing inside the sandboxed renderer, the attacker triggers the Read Anything use-after-free with a crafted HTML page to corrupt heap state and pivot out of the sandbox into a more privileged Chrome process. With sandbox escape achieved, the attacker can read arbitrary user files, install persistence, and operate with the privileges of the Chrome user. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.