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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AC:H and UI:R reflect the required renderer-compromise precondition and user navigation; S:C and C/I/A:H capture a full sandbox escape into the browser process.
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Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 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 desktop before 148.0.7778.168 lets a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the sandbox by triggering a use-after-free in the Accessibility component via a crafted HTML page. Rated High by Chromium and scored CVSS 8.3, it is a second-stage exploit primitive rather than a standalone remote break-in. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.07%, 21st percentile), consistent with the SSVC exploitation status of 'none'.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chrome's Accessibility (a11y) subsystem, the browser-process code that exposes the accessibility tree to assistive technologies and receives updates from renderer processes. Because the accessibility tree is populated from renderer-supplied data that crosses the sandbox boundary into the higher-privileged browser process, a dangling pointer freed then reused during a11y object lifecycle handling can be manipulated by a malicious renderer to corrupt browser-process memory. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms Chrome itself (Blink/Chromium engine) as the affected product; downstream rebuilds (Red Hat, SUSE per tags) inherit the same Chromium code. Use-after-free bugs of this class are the classic vehicle for converting renderer-level code execution into browser-process (out-of-sandbox) execution.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 148.0.7778.168 or later (desktop stable channel), per Google's advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html; Chrome's built-in updater will apply this on relaunch, so ensure users restart the browser to complete installation. For managed fleets, push the updated version via enterprise policy and verify the effective version. Chromium-derived products (Red Hat, SUSE, and other Chromium-based browsers) should install their vendor's rebuild containing the equivalent fix. As an interim compensating control where patching is delayed, reduce exposure to attacker-controlled web content by restricting browsing to trusted sites and enabling site isolation and enhanced sandbox protections (Chrome's Site Isolation is on by default and raises the bar for the required renderer compromise); note this does not eliminate the bug and only limits the likelihood of a full chain. Track the Chromium issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/495247950 for further detail.
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-2026-30445
GHSA-6gfv-c8p2-h6xg