Vulnerability · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2026-3921

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in TextEncoding in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23qt6-qtwebengine6.10.1-r10ALPINE-CVE-2026-3921
Alpine:v3.24qt6-qtwebengine6.10.2-r8ALPINE-CVE-2026-3921
Debian:12chromium146.0.7680.71-1~deb12u1DSA-6164-1
Debian:12chromium146.0.7680.71-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3921
Debian:13chromium146.0.7680.71-1~deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3921
Debian:13chromium146.0.7680.71-1~deb13u1DSA-6164-1
Debian:14chromium146.0.7680.71-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3921

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 146.0.7680.71 – before 146.0.7680.71

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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