CVE-2026-5893: Race in Google Chrome
Race in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the V8 engine of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Exploiting this race condition could lead to heap corruption when processing a specially crafted HTML page. The issue was publicly disclosed and fixed by Google in a stable channel update. No detailed technical exploitation methods or impact beyond potential heap corruption have been provided.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in heap corruption, which may lead to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. However, no active exploitation in the wild has been reported, and the severity is rated medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 147.0.7727.55 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html confirms the availability of this update. Applying this official fix fully mitigates the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-5893: Race in Google Chrome
Description
Race in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in the V8 engine of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Exploiting this race condition could lead to heap corruption when processing a specially crafted HTML page. The issue was publicly disclosed and fixed by Google in a stable channel update. No detailed technical exploitation methods or impact beyond potential heap corruption have been provided.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in heap corruption, which may lead to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. However, no active exploitation in the wild has been reported, and the severity is rated medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 147.0.7727.55 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html confirms the availability of this update. Applying this official fix fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-08T19:34:40.926Z
- 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: 69d6ca3e1cc7ad14dab3cd5e
Added to database: 4/8/2026, 9:35:58 PM
Last enriched: 4/8/2026, 9:53:09 PM
Last updated: 4/9/2026, 8:14:27 AM
Views: 7
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