CVE-2026-10990: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Glic in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Glic component of Google Chrome before version 149.0.7827.53. Exploitation requires that an attacker already control the renderer process, after which they could leverage this flaw to perform a sandbox escape via a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction with high attack complexity. The vendor has released a stable update to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences as indicated by the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 149.0.7827.53. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html for details.
CVE-2026-10990: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Glic in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.3high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Glic component of Google Chrome before version 149.0.7827.53. Exploitation requires that an attacker already control the renderer process, after which they could leverage this flaw to perform a sandbox escape via a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction with high attack complexity. The vendor has released a stable update to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences as indicated by the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 149.0.7827.53. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html for details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T17:06:23.657Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a220810e29bf47b50dbaf66
Added to database: 06/04/2026, 23:19:44 UTC
Last enriched: 06/12/2026, 10:03:15 UTC
Last updated: 07/20/2026, 05:26:42 UTC
Views: 91
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