CVE-2026-5281

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)

Affected

Google · Chrome

CVSS v3.1 CNA

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

EPSS

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 52nd percentile

CISA KEV

added 2026-04-01

Published

2026-04-01

Updated

2026-04-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• jaf0rk/CVE-2026-52810★ · 2026-07-18
• jaf0rk/CVE-2026-5281-CVE-2026-11057-fullchain0★ · 2026-08-28

Security advisories

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-20938
• CVE-2025-6558
• CVE-2026-11057
• CVE-2026-14382
• CVE-2026-14431
• CVE-2026-3909