CVE-2026-5281

high · 8.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Added 2026-04-01Remediation due 2026-04-15

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

8.8

CVSS

4.9%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

92nd

EPSS percentile

2026-04-01

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
google	chrome	< 146.0.7680.177
apple	macos	all versions
linux	linux_kernel	all versions
microsoft	windows	all versions

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-5281