{"id":"CVE-2026-5281","title":"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","summary":"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)","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-416"],"vendor":"google","product":"chrome","affected":["chrome < 146.0.7680.177"],"patched":["chrome 146.0.7680.177"],"published":"2026-04-01","updated":"2026-07-24","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281","references":[{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html","label":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608","label":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","kev","in-the-wild","exploit-available"],"epss":0.04938,"epssPercentile":0.91791,"kev":true,"kevDateAdded":"2026-04-01","kevDueDate":"2026-04-15","kevRansomware":false,"exploited":true,"zeroDay":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-25T21:03:58.110Z","exploits":{"github":4,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/umair-aziz025/CVE-2026-5281-Research-Toolkit","https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2026-5281","https://github.com/jaf0rk/CVE-2026-5281"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:29:24.384Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2026-5281","body":"## Overview\n\nUse 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)\n\n## Affected\n\n- `chrome < 146.0.7680.177`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `chrome 146.0.7680.177`","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":74,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":1,"exploitation":25,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":5300,"id":"CVE-2026-5281","ts":1788887264090,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":4183,"id":"CVE-2026-5281","ts":1788886378888,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2944,"id":"CVE-2026-5281","ts":1788883043707,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1973,"id":"CVE-2026-5281","ts":1788882448187,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":1059,"id":"CVE-2026-5281","ts":1788881883814,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}