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Google Chrome CVE-2026-17657

| EUVDEUVD-2026-50783 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-9w9w-6mf2-jrc7
8.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
8.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
8.0 HIGH

Attacker must already control the renderer (PR:L) and groom the heap (AC:H) while the victim loads malicious content (UI:R); sandbox escape crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with full host impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
8.2 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 21:41 vuln.today
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:18 cve.org
HIGH 8.3
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:18 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 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)

AnalysisAI

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome's Navigation component (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) lets an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page, escalating a renderer-level foothold toward host-level code execution. Chromium rates the security severity High and the CVSS is 8.3; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is low at 0.29% (21st percentile). …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Compromise renderer via separate bug
Delivery
Serve crafted HTML page
Exploit
Trigger use-after-free in Navigation
Execution
Corrupt browser-process memory
Impact
Escape sandbox to host privileges

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the attacker has ALREADY compromised the Chrome renderer process - this is explicitly stated and is the hard gating prerequisite; the bug is a sandbox-escape stage, not an initial-access vector. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Signals are mixed and should be read together. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker first compromises the Chrome renderer using a separate bug (or a chained primitive), then serves a crafted HTML page that drives Navigation into a use-after-free, corrupting browser-process state to escape the sandbox and gain higher-privileged code execution on the host. Realistically this is delivered via a malicious or compromised website that the victim visits (UI:R), and the high attack complexity (AC:H) means reliable exploitation requires precise heap grooming. …
Remediation Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 151.0.7922.72 (or later) on the Stable channel - update Chrome and relaunch so the new version takes effect, per the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours: Identify Chrome deployment scope and affected user count by inventorying systems running versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. …

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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