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AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Adjacent-network Cast traffic (AV:A), unreliable UAF weaponization (AC:H), no auth or interaction (PR:N/UI:N), and a sandbox-crossing escape with total impact (S:C, C/I/A:H).
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.115 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to potentially perform a sandbox escape via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome's Cast component (versions prior to 149.0.7827.115) lets an attacker positioned on the same local network segment corrupt memory via crafted network traffic and potentially break out of the renderer sandbox. Rated High by Chromium with a CVSS 8.3 (scope-changed, total impact), it is patched in the June 2026 Stable channel. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.01%), but a successful escape yields total control over the affected process.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chrome's Cast subsystem, the component that discovers and streams to Google Cast/Chromecast receivers over the local network. Cast relies on protocols such as mDNS/DIAL for device discovery and session negotiation, so it parses attacker-influenceable network data even without explicit user interaction. A use-after-free arises when a heap object is freed while a dangling pointer still references it; subsequent access can be steered by an attacker to corrupt memory and hijack control flow. The affected product per CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome (all versions below the fix), and because Cast processing can cross the renderer sandbox boundary, the CVSS scope is marked Changed (S:C).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 149.0.7827.115 or later on all desktop platforms, per Google's Stable Channel Update advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01962725236.html); Chrome's built-in updater will apply this on relaunch, so ensure users restart the browser. As an interim compensating control until the update is deployed, restrict exposure to the local-network attack vector: disable the Cast/media-router feature (via enterprise policy or by not using Cast) so the vulnerable discovery/streaming code path is not exercised, and segment or filter untrusted devices on the LAN (block mDNS/DIAL traffic from unmanaged hosts) - the trade-off is loss of screen-casting to Chromecast/smart-display devices. Because the attacker must be on the same local segment, isolating corporate endpoints from guest/IoT VLANs meaningfully reduces reachability.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-36335
GHSA-p379-73vv-4h7j