CVE-2026-87528: Type confusion in Google Chrome
Description
A type confusion vulnerability in the Rust component of Google Chrome on Windows prior to version 153.0.8010.36 allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6 and is rated critical in severity.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-87528 is a type confusion vulnerability in the Rust code of Google Chrome on Windows platforms before version 153.0.8010.36. This flaw enables a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.6, indicating critical impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The vendor has published an advisory indicating a stable channel update addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote code execution outside the sandbox, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This could lead to full system compromise on affected Windows versions of Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 153.0.8010.36. Users should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-08T22:39:33.031Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0808145027.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6aa0b17cacd9273b49811b28
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 01:08:12 UTC
Last enriched: 09/17/2026, 01:41:43 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 15:10:15 UTC
Views: 26
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