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Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable and low-complexity once the user installs the extension (UI:R, PR:N), but code stays inside the renderer sandbox with no escape, so impacts are Low rather than High.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AnalysisAI
Arbitrary code execution within the renderer sandbox in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine affects all desktop versions prior to 151.0.7922.72, triggered when a victim installs a crafted malicious Chrome extension that exploits a use-after-free memory-corruption bug. Google fixed this in the July 2026 Stable channel update, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low at 0.13% (3rd percentile), consistent with Chromium's own 'Low' security-severity rating despite the CVSS base score of 8.8.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in V8, the C++ JavaScript/WebAssembly engine embedded in Chromium-based browsers. Use-after-free occurs when code keeps referencing heap memory after it has been freed, letting an attacker groom the heap and reclaim the stale allocation with attacker-controlled data to hijack control flow. Here the trigger surface is the Chrome Extension APIs feeding attacker-controlled script into V8; the CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product is the Google Chrome application across versions below the fix. Execution is confined to the sandboxed renderer process, so this yields a code-execution primitive inside the sandbox rather than a full sandbox escape to the host.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 151.0.7922.72 (or later) on the Stable desktop channel - upgrade via Chrome's built-in updater (Settings > About Chrome) and relaunch to apply, per https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Because exploitation requires installing a malicious extension, the primary compensating control is to restrict extension installation via enterprise policy: set ExtensionInstallBlocklist to '*' with an ExtensionInstallAllowlist of vetted IDs, or pin approved add-ons with ExtensionInstallForcelist - the trade-off is that users lose self-install ability and helpdesk must curate the allowlist. Auditing and removing unknown or side-loaded extensions reduces exposure until the update lands. Chromium-based browsers built on the same V8 should be updated once their vendors ship the fixed engine. Bug tracker reference: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513413942.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-50669
GHSA-q3m4-5gjc-6gmv