Description
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-04-01
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote sandbox escape via use-after-free in Chrome compositor
Action: Immediate patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6192-1 chromium security update
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Use‑After‑Free in Chrome Compositing Allows Remote Sandbox Escape

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Google
Google chrome
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Google
Google chrome
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T03:55:38.717Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T20:07:15.808Z

Link: CVE-2026-5290

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-01T13:54:28.099Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-01T05:16:02.607

Modified: 2026-04-01T16:40:52.530

Link: CVE-2026-5290

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-02T20:18:10Z

Weaknesses