CVE-2026-95356: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in WindowDialog in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the WindowDialog feature of Google Chrome versions before 154.0.8037.57. Exploitation requires a remote attacker to trick a user into visiting a maliciously crafted HTML page, which could lead to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox environment. The issue is addressed in the stable channel update 154.0.8037.57 as per the official Google advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution outside the sandbox, potentially compromising the affected system. The vulnerability requires user interaction via social engineering to trigger the exploit. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 154.0.8037.57 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor has released an official fix as detailed in the Google Chrome stable channel update advisory.
CVE-2026-95356: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in WindowDialog in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the WindowDialog feature of Google Chrome versions before 154.0.8037.57. Exploitation requires a remote attacker to trick a user into visiting a maliciously crafted HTML page, which could lead to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox environment. The issue is addressed in the stable channel update 154.0.8037.57 as per the official Google advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution outside the sandbox, potentially compromising the affected system. The vulnerability requires user interaction via social engineering to trigger the exploit. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 154.0.8037.57 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor has released an official fix as detailed in the Google Chrome stable channel update advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-22T05:10:37.308Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0856730748.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6abbf88057f14566d451c8be
Added to database: 09/29/2026, 17:42:24 UTC
Last enriched: 09/29/2026, 17:45:45 UTC
Last updated: 09/29/2026, 18:52:03 UTC
Views: 8
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