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Google Chrome CVE-2026-95310

| EUVDEUVD-2026-89221 CRITICAL
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-09-23 vendor:ubuntu GHSA-3599-pghj-mcxg
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vendor:ubuntu
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to malicious page
  2. Delivery
    Serve content triggering use-after-free
  3. Exploit
    Reclaim freed object with attacker data
  4. Execution
    Corrupt memory across sandbox scope
  5. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code on host

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled web content in an affected Chrome build (any version below 154.0.8037.57 on the desktop stable channel), consistent with UI:R - a single page navigation suffices; no authentication or prior privileges are needed (PR:N). This works against default Chrome configurations, so no special feature toggle or non-default setting is implied by the available data. The primary limiting factor is the required user interaction (visiting or being redirected to a malicious page) and the fact that a patched build is already available from Google; the scope change (S:C) implies the memory corruption is impactful enough to affect resources beyond the initially vulnerable renderer component.

Impact

This is a genuine high priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C, C:H/I:H/A:H, score 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw requiring only that a victim visit a page, with a scope change indicating the impact crosses the renderer sandbox boundary - the hallmark of a browser RCE/sandbox-escape class bug. The CWE-416 (use-after-free) classification aligns with full C/I/A impact via memory corruption. However, several exploitation signals are MISSING: no EPSS score is provided, the flaw is NOT in CISA KEV (no confirmed active exploitation), and no public POC is referenced. So this is a critically-severe-but-unproven-in-the-wild issue: prioritize patching because of ubiquity and impact class, not because of observed exploitation. The 'Information Disclosure' tag CONFLICTS with the vector - I:H and A:H make this a code-execution/memory-corruption issue, not mere disclosure. Note also the description is unavailable ('[Unknown description]'), so all technical detail here is inferred from the CVSS vector, CWE, and the Chrome stable-channel advisory rather than a vendor narrative.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing content that triggers the use-after-free in the affected Chrome component; when a victim on an unpatched build (<154.0.8037.57) navigates to it, the freed-object reuse corrupts memory and, combined with the scope change, enables code execution beyond the renderer sandbox. No authentication is required and only a single page visit (user interaction) is needed. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv2 – Sep 29, 2026

Use-after-free memory corruption in Google Chrome desktop builds prior to 154.0.8037.57 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger heap memory corruption in the browser by convincing a victim to load attacker-controlled web content - a single page navigation is sufficient (UI:R, PR:N, AV:N). The flaw is rated CVSS 9.6 with a scope change (S:C), indicating the corruption can affect resources beyond the initially vulnerable component; no authentication, prior privileges, or non-default configuration is required, though exploitation hinges entirely on user interaction with a malicious or compromised page. Google has already shipped a fixed build (154.0.8037.57) on the stable channel, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, making this a genuine high-priority patch-and-update item rather than an emergency zero-day response.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Sep 24, 2026 - 01:40

Risk cannot be meaningfully assessed from the available data for CVE-2026-95310, which is recorded only as reported by the Ubuntu vendor channel with no description, CVSS score, CVSS vector, CWE, CPE, or reference list attached. Because the affected package, exposed feature, and deployment context are all unspecified, no attacker capability, authentication requirement, or impact can be stated, and no exploitation status can be confirmed - there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, no CISA KEV listing indicated, and no EPSS score available. Treat this record as an incomplete intelligence item tied to a distro-vendor advisory process and await the matching Ubuntu Security Notice (USN) for package names, versions, and fix details.

RemediationAI

Primary fix: upgrade Google Chrome on the desktop stable channel to 154.0.8037.57 or later - a vendor-released patch is available per the Chrome Releases stable-channel advisory (http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0856730748.html). Because Chrome's auto-update normally applies this silently, verify the running build at chrome://version and force a full browser restart, since the patched binary only takes effect once every existing browser process has exited. For fleets, push the update through enterprise update policies (UpdateDefault/Update policy or the corresponding macOS/Linux management path) and confirm compliance via version reporting; for Linux distributions that package Chromium/Chrome, track the Ubuntu-channel rebuild referenced in the credit. No meaningful configuration workaround exists against this class of bug: the assessed vector requires only default settings and a single page load, so disabling JavaScript, deploying an ad/tracker blocker, or relying on site isolation are only friction, not fixes, and each carries a real functional cost while leaving the underlying use-after-free reachable. Until 154.0.8037.57 is confirmed running everywhere, treat browsing untrusted web content in affected builds as the exposure window, and monitor the Chromium issue (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562151598) for follow-up detail; no vendor-released patch is missing here, so remediation is purely a matter of update velocity and verified restarts.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 154.0.8037.57 <154.0.8037.57

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 154.0.8037.57

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is a use-after-free (CWE-416) in the Chrome desktop renderer, a classic memory-safety flaw in which a heap object is freed but a dangling pointer to it remains reachable; subsequent dereference of that pointer lets an attacker influence control flow or read/write adjacent memory. Chromium's multi-process architecture normally confines such corruption to the sandboxed renderer, but the assessed scope change (S:C) in the CVSS vector - S:C alongside C:H/I:H/A:H - signals that the impact is evaluated as extending past the directly vulnerable component, which is why the base score reaches 9.6 despite the UI:R prerequisite. The associated tags (Use After Free, Memory Corruption, Information Disclosure) indicate the flaw can leak memory contents in addition to enabling corruption, and the vendor-credited report (vendor:ubuntu packaging channel) points to a memory-lifetime bug in shared browser code tracked under Chromium issue 562151598. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R reflects that the attack surface is ordinary web content delivered over the network with no attack complexity beyond luring a visit to a crafted page.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vendor:ubuntu) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Network-reachable via a malicious page (AV:N, PR:N, UI:R); use-after-free with sandbox-crossing scope change (S:C) yielding full C/I/A on the host.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SUSE CRITICAL
Red Hat 9.6 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:ubuntu).

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:ubuntu

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVSS changed
Sep 29, 2026 - 21:22 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)

DescriptionCVE.org

[Unknown description]

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Google Chrome desktop builds below version 154.0.8037.57 contain a critical memory-corruption flaw that can be triggered when an employee simply visits a malicious or compromised web page, requiring no credentials or special configuration. Because Chrome is a primary work application and browsing surface across the organization, any unpatched endpoint represents an exposure that could lead to workstation compromise and follow-on lateral movement. There is no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation at this time, so this is a high-priority patch-and-update obligation rather than an emergency incident response.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

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

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