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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-46126

| CVE-2026-15900 CRITICAL
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-20 vendor:ubuntu GHSA-fm68-7vm5-9rgw
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vendor:ubuntu
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Vendor (vendor:ubuntu) PRIMARY
9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
8.3 HIGH

Network-reachable via a malicious page, no privileges but required user interaction; AC:H because a use-after-free needs heap grooming/timing, and S:C reflects a likely sandbox-boundary crossing with full C/I/A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:ubuntu).

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:ubuntu

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Updated
Jul 22, 2026 - 16:31 vuln.today
v2 (cvss_changed)
Re-analysis Queued
Jul 22, 2026 - 16:22 vuln.today
cvss_changed
CVSS changed
Jul 22, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
Analysis Generated
Jul 20, 2026 - 14:32 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

[Unknown description]

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution and information disclosure in Google Chrome desktop before 150.0.7871.128 stems from a use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) that a malicious web page can trigger when a victim simply visits it. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6 with a scope change reflects a likely sandbox-boundary crossing, giving an attacker high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the EPSS probability is low (0.22%, 12th percentile), but browser use-after-free bugs are a historically favored exploitation target.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability is a use-after-free (CWE-416), a memory-corruption class where a pointer keeps referencing heap memory after it has been freed, letting an attacker reallocate that region with controlled data and hijack subsequent dereferences. In Chromium/Chrome these bugs typically live in a renderer-process component (V8, Blink DOM, or a graphics/media subsystem) reachable from untrusted web content. The reported scope change (S:C) implies the flaw can affect resources beyond the initially vulnerable component - consistent with a renderer-to-browser sandbox escape. The affected component is tracked in Chromium issue 523750584, and the fix shipped in the Chrome Stable channel build 150.0.7871.128.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 150.0.7871.128 or later via the Stable channel; verify through chrome://settings/help, which forces an update check and relaunch. In managed environments push the updated build through your enterprise mechanism (Google Update / Chrome Browser Cloud Management) and confirm end-user relaunch, since Chrome only completes the update after a restart. Refer to the Chrome Releases advisory at http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_049796704.html. If immediate patching is impossible, reduce exposure by restricting browsing to trusted sites, enforcing strict site-isolation and enhanced-security policies, and disabling untrusted extensions - with the trade-off that these controls hinder normal browsing and do not fully eliminate a drive-by use-after-free triggered by a single malicious page. Chromium-based browser users should apply their vendor's corresponding rebased release.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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