CVE-2026-11638: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Printing in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free error in the printing functionality of Google Chrome before version 149.0.7827.103. Exploitation could enable a remote attacker to perform a sandbox escape, which is a significant security risk as it may allow code execution outside the browser's restricted environment. The issue was publicly disclosed on June 8, 2026, and Google has released a stable channel update addressing this flaw.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to break out of the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the host system. This elevates the risk level significantly since sandbox escapes undermine one of the primary security barriers in modern browsers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 149.0.7827.103 that fixes this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires applying the update on affected endpoints. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the input data.
CVE-2026-11638: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Printing in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free error in the printing functionality of Google Chrome before version 149.0.7827.103. Exploitation could enable a remote attacker to perform a sandbox escape, which is a significant security risk as it may allow code execution outside the browser's restricted environment. The issue was publicly disclosed on June 8, 2026, and Google has released a stable channel update addressing this flaw.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to break out of the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the host system. This elevates the risk level significantly since sandbox escapes undermine one of the primary security barriers in modern browsers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 149.0.7827.103 that fixes this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires applying the update on affected endpoints. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the input data.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-08T21:33:35.419Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0153744567.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a2754dee29bf47b50c4ae97
Added to database: 6/8/2026, 11:48:46 PM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 12:34:53 AM
Last updated: 6/9/2026, 6:48:48 AM
Views: 5
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