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Google Chrome CVE-2026-17704

| EUVDEUVD-2026-50830 CRITICAL
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-r445-3fv9-v4hx
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
7.6 HIGH

Requires a prior renderer compromise (PR:H) and chaining a second bug plus a heap grooming primitive (AC:H); once achieved the sandbox escape changes scope with full impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 18:31 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 30, 2026 - 16:37 NVD
9.6 (None) 9.6 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:18 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:18 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in ANGLE 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 ANGLE graphics layer (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) lets a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Rated Chromium severity High with a CVSS 9.6, the flaw is a use-after-free (CWE-416) reported by Google's own Chrome team; a vendor patch is available. …

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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
Issue malicious ANGLE GPU calls
Execution
Trigger use-after-free on freed object
Persist
Corrupt memory across sandbox boundary
Impact
Escape sandbox to browser process

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the attacker has ALREADY compromised Chrome's renderer process - this is a sandbox-escape/second-stage bug, not a standalone unauthenticated entry point, despite the PR:N in the CVSS vector. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The published CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) yields 9.6, driven by network vector, scope change (sandbox escape), and full CHIA impact - but this rating is in tension with the description, which explicitly requires an attacker to have ALREADY compromised the renderer process. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker first compromises Chrome's renderer via a separate flaw (e.g., a V8 or DOM bug), then serves a crafted HTML page that drives malicious WebGL/GPU calls into ANGLE to trigger the use-after-free and pivot out of the sandbox into higher-privileged browser context. Because AV:N/AC:L applies once the renderer stage is achieved, the escape itself is low-complexity, but no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 151.0.7922.72 or later, per the Chrome Stable channel update (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html); Chrome's auto-update will apply this on relaunch, so ensure users fully restart the browser to load the new binary. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory all Chrome installations and identify 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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