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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-33120

| CVE-2026-9978 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-05-28 Chrome GHSA-vv5x-2m86-4jv8
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
8.8 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
May 29, 2026 - 12:32 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 29, 2026 - 12:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
CVE Published
May 28, 2026 - 22:25 nvd
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
May 28, 2026 - 22:25 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Glic in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

AnalysisAI

Sandboxed remote code execution in Google Chrome desktop versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 stems from a use-after-free defect in the Glic component, allowing a remote attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. Google has rated the Chromium severity as High and shipped a Stable channel update; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV. The CVSS 8.8 score reflects network reachability and user interaction (loading a page), with full impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability inside the sandboxed process.

Technical ContextAI

The flaw is a CWE-416 Use-After-Free in 'Glic', a Chrome component that processes content delivered via standard web navigation in the Blink/Chromium renderer. Use-after-free bugs occur when memory is freed but a dangling pointer is subsequently dereferenced, letting an attacker reuse the freed allocation with controlled data to hijack virtual function calls or other indirect dispatch and ultimately gain code execution in the affected process. The affected product per the supplied CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (the desktop Stable channel), and per Chrome's standard architecture exploitation lands inside the renderer sandbox, meaning a second sandbox-escape bug would be required to reach the host OS with full privileges.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Chrome Stable 148.0.7778.216 - upgrade all desktop Chrome installations to this version or later by allowing Chrome's auto-update to complete and restarting the browser, or by pushing the update via enterprise management (Google Update / ADMX policy / MDM) per the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html. Downstream Chromium-based browsers should be updated as soon as their vendors ship the corresponding merge. Where immediate patching is not possible, compensating controls include restricting browsing to a known-good allowlist via proxy/SWG (trade-off: breaks general web usage), enforcing 'Site Isolation' and 'Strict Site Isolation' enterprise policies to limit cross-origin impact of a renderer compromise (already on by default; trade-off: higher memory use), and routing browsing through a remote browser isolation (RBI) solution for high-risk users (trade-off: latency and licensing cost); disabling JavaScript globally would substantially reduce risk but breaks most modern sites and is generally impractical.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed

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