Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to… (CVE-2026-17650)
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17650 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Compositing module of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and may enable an attacker to perform a sandbox escape through crafted HTML content. This vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free). No CVSS score is provided, but the Chromium security team rates it as critical.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to break out of the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to further system compromise beyond the browser's restricted environment. This elevates the risk from a renderer compromise to full system impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official browser update. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to… (CVE-2026-17650)
Description
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.3high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17650 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Compositing module of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and may enable an attacker to perform a sandbox escape through crafted HTML content. This vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free). No CVSS score is provided, but the Chromium security team rates it as critical.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to break out of the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to further system compromise beyond the browser's restricted environment. This elevates the risk from a renderer compromise to full system impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official browser update. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-hcvj-frqw-68mv
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17650"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae5219c2644c7f89839bc
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:46:09 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 06:52:16 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 22:17:50 UTC
Views: 10
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