CVE-2026-5890: Race in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-5890 is a race condition vulnerability in the WebCodecs component of Google Chrome versions prior to 147. 0. 7727. 55. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially access sensitive information from process memory by delivering a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is classified with medium severity by Chromium's security team. There is no CVSS score available for this issue. The vendor advisory linked indicates a stable channel update addressing this issue was released in Chrome 147. 0. 7727.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the WebCodecs API within Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Exploiting this race condition could enable a remote attacker to read potentially sensitive information from the browser's process memory by using a specially crafted HTML page. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in the stable channel update 147.0.7727.55.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from Chrome's process memory. The vulnerability does not indicate code execution or privilege escalation but poses a confidentiality risk. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 147.0.7727.55. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-5890: Race in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-5890 is a race condition vulnerability in the WebCodecs component of Google Chrome versions prior to 147. 0. 7727. 55. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially access sensitive information from process memory by delivering a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is classified with medium severity by Chromium's security team. There is no CVSS score available for this issue. The vendor advisory linked indicates a stable channel update addressing this issue was released in Chrome 147. 0. 7727.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the WebCodecs API within Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Exploiting this race condition could enable a remote attacker to read potentially sensitive information from the browser's process memory by using a specially crafted HTML page. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in the stable channel update 147.0.7727.55.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from Chrome's process memory. The vulnerability does not indicate code execution or privilege escalation but poses a confidentiality risk. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 147.0.7727.55. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-08T19:34:40.168Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 69d6ca3e1cc7ad14dab3cd52
Added to database: 4/8/2026, 9:35:58 PM
Last enriched: 4/16/2026, 12:12:17 PM
Last updated: 5/23/2026, 7:58:17 PM
Views: 71
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