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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-93794

| CVE-2026-106197 CRITICAL
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-10-06 Chrome GHSA-9cvj-w2x5-83wg
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to malicious web page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted HTML to browser
  3. Exploit
    Trigger use-after-free in Browser process
  4. Execution
    Execute code outside sandbox
  5. Impact
    Full host compromise as user

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-controlled web page containing crafted HTML in an unpatched Chrome build prior to 155.0.8059.39 (CVSS UI:R) - there is no requirement for authentication, special privileges, or non-default configuration, so default Chrome installs are affected. The key limiting factor is this mandatory user interaction (navigation to malicious content), which rules out zero-click or self-propagating exploitation but is readily achieved through phishing, malvertising, or compromised sites. The bug's value is amplified because it executes outside the sandbox, meaning a single successful page load can lead to host-level code execution rather than being contained to the renderer.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority vulnerability, not a high-CVSS-but-low-real-risk case. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated use-after-free (CWE-416) whose scope change (S:C) and 'outside the sandbox' language indicate a full browser sandbox escape - the most severe class of Chrome bug, corroborated by Chromium's own 'Critical' severity rating and the SSVC 'Technical Impact: total' judgment. The signals are, however, not uniformly alarming: SSVC reports 'Exploitation: none' and 'Automatable: no', there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC or EPSS score was supplied, so there is no current evidence of in-the-wild or large-scale automated exploitation. The one friction factor is UI:R - a victim must open attacker-controlled content - which prevents fully automatic mass exploitation but is trivially satisfied via drive-by web pages, phishing links, or malvertising. Net assessment: patch urgently despite the absence of known exploitation, because the product is ubiquitous, the technical impact is total, and Chrome sandbox-escape UAFs are historically weaponized quickly once details circulate.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker lures a user into visiting a malicious or compromised web page containing crafted HTML that triggers the use-after-free in Chrome's Browser process. Because the flaw yields code execution outside the renderer sandbox, successful exploitation gives the attacker arbitrary code execution on the victim host with the user's privileges. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis, so this scenario is based on the vulnerability class and CVSS characteristics rather than an observed exploit.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026

Use-after-free in the browser-process component of Google Chrome before 155.0.8059.39 lets a remote attacker execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox when a victim opens a crafted HTML page. Exploitation is unauthenticated (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but requires the user to navigate to attacker-controlled content (UI:R); the scope change and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability ratings reflect that a successful page load escapes the renderer sandbox to reach host-level code execution, which pushes the base score to 9.6 and earns a Chromium security severity of Critical. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV, so the practical near-term risk comes from the low complexity of the trigger (phishing, malvertising, or a compromised site) rather than from observed attacks. Vendor-released patch: Chrome 155.0.8059.39.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Chrome 155.0.8059.39 or later - vendor-released patch: Chrome 155.0.8059.39 - via the stable-channel update described at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html; on managed endpoints, push the version through the Chrome Browser Cloud Management or your update tooling and verify the reported version rather than assuming auto-update succeeded, then confirm the rollout against https://issues.chromium.org/issues/560238696. Because the fix is a memory-safety correction in the browser process, there is no configuration switch that removes the attack primitive: disabling JavaScript or restricting to allow-listed sites would break normal browsing and is not a proportionate trade-off for most fleets. Practical interim controls, in descending value: enforce rapid auto-update and block or flag stale Chrome builds via endpoint policy; if you cannot patch immediately, constrain exposure by routing users through a secure web gateway or DNS filtering layer that blocks known-bad and newly registered domains, accepting that this only raises the cost of phishing and malvertising delivery and does not stop a compromised legitimate site; and for high-risk users, run Chrome inside a disposable or hardened environment (per-session VM or equivalent isolation) so that code executing outside the browser sandbox is still contained by an outer boundary - this carries real usability and cost overhead and should be reserved for targeted-risk populations. Enterprise site isolation and sandbox flags are already enabled by default and provide no additional protection here because the vulnerability defeats that boundary. Detection should focus on unexpected child-process behavior and post-renderer crash or exploit telemetry from the browser process, since the exploit path is a normal page load and leaves no distinctive network signature. Downstream Chromium-based browsers should be updated to their vendor's equivalent fixed build as soon as it is published, as no patch confirmation for those products is present in the available data.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 155.0.8059.39 <155.0.8059.39

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 155.0.8059.39

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-416, use-after-free, a memory-safety class in which an object is released while a dangling reference to it remains reachable; subsequent use of that reference lets an attacker redirect execution through corrupted heap state. What makes this instance severe is the affected component: the Chromium issue tracker entry names 'Browser', and the reported outcome - code execution outside the sandbox - indicates the flaw sits in code running at the browser-process trust level rather than inside the renderer sandbox, so a single malicious page does not merely corrupt a renderer but can pivot to the host. Chrome's defense-in-depth model (site isolation, renderer sandboxing, Mojo IPC interfaces between renderer and browser process) is designed to contain renderer compromise; a bug that crosses that boundary neutralizes the sandbox as a containment layer, which is why the CVSS vector carries S:C alongside C:H/I:H/A:H. The attack surface is ordinary web content - no extension, plugin, or local access is needed - but delivery still depends on the victim loading the crafted HTML, which is the only meaningful friction in the chain. Secondary impact tagged for this CVE includes denial of service, which is consistent with the memory-corruption primitive. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies Google Chrome as the affected product, and the ENISA EUVD entry (EUVD-2026-93794) tracks the same Chrome-before-155.0.8059.39 version window.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Remote crafted page needs no privileges but requires the user to load it (UI:R); sandbox escape crosses a security boundary (S:C) yielding full host code execution, so C/I/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Red Hat 9.6 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Browser in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

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Why It Matters

Google Chrome versions before 155.0.8059.39 contain a critical memory-corruption flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker execute code on the host machine outside Chrome's security sandbox once a user simply visits a crafted web page. This affects virtually every employee who browses the web on a managed or unmanaged endpoint, meaning a single phishing link, malicious advertisement, or compromised legitimate site could lead to full workstation compromise and a potential foothold inside the corporate network. Because the attack is low-complexity and requires no credentials, leadership should treat this as an urgent fleet-wide patching priority rather than a background maintenance item.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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