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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-61229

| CVE-2026-76040 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-08-18 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-j938-c23g-prvh
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: google
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Vendor (google) PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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8.8 HIGH

Network-delivered via crafted page (AV:N), no special conditions (AC:L), no attacker auth needed (PR:N), requires user click (UI:R); full host impact but no scope change since Browser process is the target.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
Aug 19, 2026 - 12:25 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 19, 2026 - 12:23 NVD
8.8 (None) 8.8 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Browser in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

AnalysisAI

Use-after-free in the Browser component of Google Chrome on macOS prior to 151.0.7922.169 enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox. Exploitation requires social engineering to induce a user to visit a crafted HTML page, placing this in the user-interaction-required category. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the victim is running Google Chrome on macOS with a version below 151.0.7922.169. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 8.8 score reflects a network-reachable, unauthenticated (PR:N), user-interaction-required (UI:R) attack with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact and no scope change (S:U). … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Update Google Chrome on macOS to version 151.0.7922.169 or later, which is confirmed as the patched release per the vendor stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575033.html. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
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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