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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered crafted page (AV:N) requires user gestures (UI:R) and heap-grooming reliability (AC:H) with no auth (PR:N); sandbox escape crosses trust boundary (S:C) enabling full compromise.
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Use after free in HID in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome desktop before 148.0.7778.168 stems from a use-after-free in the WebHID implementation, letting a remote attacker who lures a victim into specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page corrupt memory and potentially break out of the renderer sandbox. Chromium rates the severity Critical, though no public exploit is identified and EPSS is very low (0.07%). Exploitation requires user interaction and is not automatable, indicating a high-skill rather than mass-exploited threat.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chrome's HID (Human Interface Device) subsystem, which backs the WebHID API used by web pages to communicate with connected HID peripherals (keyboards, gamepads, custom USB devices) after a user grants device access. A use-after-free occurs when a freed object is referenced again, allowing an attacker to reclaim that memory and gain control over object contents; in the context of the browser's IPC/device brokering layer this can be leveraged toward a sandbox escape, meaning code influence outside the constrained renderer. The affected component is identified by cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*, i.e. the Chrome desktop browser across pre-148.0.7778.168 builds.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 148.0.7778.168 or later on Windows, macOS, and Linux via the Stable Channel update, then restart the browser to apply it (see https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html). Because Chrome auto-updates, ensure managed fleets are not pinned to an older build and force a relaunch to complete installation; users of Chromium-based distributions from Red Hat and SUSE should pull the corresponding vendor package updates. As an interim compensating control before patching, restrict or disable WebHID access via enterprise policy (e.g., DefaultWebHidGuardSetting / WebHidBlockedForUrls or blocking hid device access), which removes the attack surface at the cost of breaking legitimate web apps that use HID peripherals; user awareness against performing unusual UI gestures on untrusted pages further reduces the UI:R-dependent trigger.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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SUSE
Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-30428
GHSA-57r7-2v6h-4x36