CVE-2026-11306: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome. An attacker can exploit this by delivering a crafted PDF file that triggers arbitrary code execution inside the browser's sandbox environment. The issue is resolved in Chrome version 149.0.7827.53. No CVSS score is provided, but the Chromium security team rates the severity as low.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Chrome, potentially leading to limited impact due to sandbox restrictions. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The impact is mitigated by the sandbox containment and the low severity rating assigned by the Chromium project.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Google Chrome is available starting with version 149.0.7827.53. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update. No additional vendor advisory mitigation instructions indicate other required actions.
CVE-2026-11306: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome. An attacker can exploit this by delivering a crafted PDF file that triggers arbitrary code execution inside the browser's sandbox environment. The issue is resolved in Chrome version 149.0.7827.53. No CVSS score is provided, but the Chromium security team rates the severity as low.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Chrome, potentially leading to limited impact due to sandbox restrictions. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The impact is mitigated by the sandbox containment and the low severity rating assigned by the Chromium project.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Google Chrome is available starting with version 149.0.7827.53. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update. No additional vendor advisory mitigation instructions indicate other required actions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T17:11:21.733Z
- 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: 6a220ef6e29bf47b50de3c13
Added to database: 6/4/2026, 11:49:10 PM
Last enriched: 6/5/2026, 12:03:49 AM
Last updated: 6/5/2026, 1:36:18 AM
Views: 6
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