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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-105474

| CVE-2026-112993 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-10-20 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-xqfw-q47m-c6jj
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: google
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Lure victim to crafted HTML page
  2. Exploit
    Trigger use-after-free in Input component
  3. Execution
    Reclaim freed memory with controlled data
  4. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code in renderer sandbox

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 HTML in a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 156.0.8078.47) - i.e. user interaction (UI:R) in the form of visiting a malicious or compromised web page; no authentication or special privileges are needed (PR:N). The flaw affects the default browser configuration with no special feature or setting required. Key limiting factors: (1) the user must actively navigate to the malicious content, and (2) code execution is confined to the renderer sandbox (S:U), so meaningful compromise of the host requires chaining a separate sandbox-escape; auto-update also rapidly shrinks the exposed population.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority issue for any environment running Google Chrome, though the signals are nuanced. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) describes a remotely-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw requiring only that a victim visit a crafted HTML page - a realistic condition for a browser. The 8.8 score and C:H/I:H/A:H impact are consistent with a use-after-free (CWE-416) that yields arbitrary code execution. A critical mitigating factor is explicit in the description: execution occurs INSIDE the Chrome sandbox (S:U, scope unchanged), so absent a chained sandbox-escape this does not by itself grant host compromise - the C:H/I:H/A:H rating reflects full control of the renderer process, not the underlying OS. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the risk here is driven by ubiquity and the ease of the delivery vector, not by evidence of active exploitation. Note the signal gap: the vendor rates this 'High' (not Critical), and real-world weaponization of a sandboxed renderer UAF typically requires a second bug - treat as a priority patch due to Chrome's footprint rather than evidence of imminent mass exploitation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing malicious HTML/JavaScript that triggers the use-after-free in Chrome's Input component. A victim running a pre-156.0.8078.47 build simply visits the page (UI:R), and the attacker achieves arbitrary code execution within the renderer sandbox. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data; full host compromise would require chaining an additional sandbox-escape vulnerability.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Use-after-free in Chrome's Input handling allows remote code execution inside the renderer sandbox when a user opens a crafted HTML page in any Chrome build prior to 156.0.8078.47. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but no authentication (PR:N), and code execution is confined to the renderer sandbox, so host compromise requires chaining a separate sandbox escape; Google rates the flaw High severity. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has released a fix.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Google Chrome to 156.0.8078.47 or later via the stable channel update described at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html; this is a vendor-released patch and Chrome's auto-update mechanism will roll it out, so verify version compliance in managed fleets rather than relying on user action. ChromeOS users should follow the corresponding ChromeOS advisory (http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-chromeos_01150416531.html), and organizations running Chromium-derived browsers should confirm their builds incorporate the fix. Where immediate upgrading is not feasible, reduce exposure by restricting browsing to trusted sites, disabling or tightly scoping untrusted web content in high-risk workflows, and enforcing site isolation - noting these are partial mitigations that trade usability for reduced attack surface and do not eliminate the vulnerability; blocking crafted HTML delivery through web filtering and phishing-resistant browsing policies offers only defense-in-depth. Monitor the Chromium issue (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/572893186) for further detail, and treat renderer compromise as requiring a follow-on sandbox escape before host-level impact.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 156.0.8078.47 <156.0.8078.47

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 156.0.8078.47

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a use-after-free (CWE-416) in Chrome's Input component, the subsystem handling user input events and their routing into the renderer. A use-after-free occurs when an object is freed while a stale pointer to it remains reachable; if attacker-controlled HTML can cause that dangling reference to be dereferenced, the memory can be reallocated with attacker-influenced contents, leading to memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. Because the bug lives in the renderer process, any code execution is contained by Chrome's site-isolation sandbox (S:U in the CVSS vector); escaping to the host operating system would require an additional sandbox-escape vulnerability. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity but requires the victim to load attacker-controlled content (UI:R), meaning the practical attack surface is drive-by web pages, malicious ads, or compromised sites visited by users on unpatched 156.x builds. Google credits the Chrome CVE admin and rates the issue High severity; the corresponding Chromium bug tracker entry provides further detail.

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Severity by source

Vendor (google) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Remote crafted page needs no privileges (PR:N) but requires visiting it (UI:R); renderer-confined code execution keeps scope unchanged (S:U) with full renderer-process C/I/A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 00:23 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Oct 20, 2026 - 23:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 20, 2026 - 22:18 cve.org
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Input in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Unpatched Google Chrome deployments below 156.0.8078.47 expose the organization to a high-severity browser flaw that could let an attacker run code inside the browser sandbox after a user opens a malicious page, with full device compromise requiring an additional sandbox escape. Because Chrome is widely used across the workforce, delayed remediation creates broad exposure even though no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Vendor-released patch: 156.0.8078.47; leadership should prioritize rapid update verification across all endpoints.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
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.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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