CVE-2026-9114: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in QUIC in Google Chrome on prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the QUIC implementation of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.179. Exploitation could allow remote code execution inside the sandbox environment via crafted network traffic. The issue was publicly disclosed on May 20, 2026, and is rated as high severity by Chromium security. While no CVSS score is provided, the vendor has released an update to fix the issue as indicated in their advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of Google Chrome, potentially compromising the affected system. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Google Chrome (148.0.7778.179 or later) has been released by the vendor to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected installations. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-9114: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in QUIC in Google Chrome on prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the QUIC implementation of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.179. Exploitation could allow remote code execution inside the sandbox environment via crafted network traffic. The issue was publicly disclosed on May 20, 2026, and is rated as high severity by Chromium security. While no CVSS score is provided, the vendor has released an update to fix the issue as indicated in their advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of Google Chrome, potentially compromising the affected system. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version of Google Chrome (148.0.7778.179 or later) has been released by the vendor to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected installations. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-20T17:39:21.421Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0841193308.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a0e0cd2ba1db473629e79ab
Added to database: 5/20/2026, 7:34:42 PM
Last enriched: 5/20/2026, 7:50:49 PM
Last updated: 5/21/2026, 4:39:35 AM
Views: 8
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