Vulnerability · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2026-85049

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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.54.2-0.el9_8.2ALSA-2026:95194
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.54.2-0.el9_8.2ALSA-2026:95194
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.54.2-0.el9_8.2ALSA-2026:95194
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.54.2-0.el9_8.2ALSA-2026:95194
Debian:12chromium152.0.7977.82-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85049
Debian:13chromium152.0.7977.82-1~deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85049
Debian:14chromium152.0.7977.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85049
Debian:14libskia146.20260602~git.3476902+dfsg-4DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85049
Rocky Linux:9webkit2gtk30:2.54.2-0.el9_8.2RLSA-2026:95194

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 152.0.7977.82 – before 152.0.7977.82

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

References