CVE-2026-87581: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Payments feature of Google Chrome versions before 153.0.8010.36. Exploitation requires user interaction via social engineering to visit a maliciously crafted HTML page, which could lead to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox environment. The issue is classified as critical with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the browser process outside the sandbox, potentially compromising the user's system. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 153.0.8010.36. 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
- 2026-09-08T22:41:19.648Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0808145027.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6aa0b188acd9273b49812985
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 01:08:24 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 02:01:39 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 01:15:26 UTC
Views: 22
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