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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker must already control the renderer (PR:L) and groom the heap (AC:H) while the victim loads malicious content (UI:R); sandbox escape crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with full host impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 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's Navigation component (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) lets an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page, escalating a renderer-level foothold toward host-level code execution. Chromium rates the security severity High and the CVSS is 8.3; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is low at 0.29% (21st percentile). This is the second-stage bug in a typical Chrome exploit chain rather than a standalone remote-code-execution primitive.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chromium's Navigation subsystem, the machinery that handles page loads, session history, frame lifecycle, and document commits across the browser and renderer processes. Use-after-free bugs occur when a pointer to a freed object is subsequently dereferenced, allowing an attacker who controls heap allocation to place attacker-chosen data where the freed object used to be and thereby corrupt control flow or object state. Because Navigation logic straddles the privileged browser process and the sandboxed renderer, a UAF here is especially valuable for crossing the sandbox boundary. The affected product per CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*, i.e. the Google Chrome desktop browser built on Chromium.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 151.0.7922.72 (or later) on the Stable channel - update Chrome and relaunch so the new version takes effect, per the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. In managed fleets, push the update via your enterprise policy/MDM and verify version compliance rather than relying on user-initiated updates. Users of other Chromium-based browsers should install the vendor build that incorporates the equivalent Chromium fix. No standalone configuration workaround exists for a memory-corruption bug in Navigation; as interim compensating controls, ensure the built-in sandbox is not disabled (never run with --no-sandbox), enable site isolation, and reduce exposure to untrusted pages, accepting that these reduce but do not eliminate risk until the update is applied.
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 Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-50783
GHSA-9w9w-6mf2-jrc7