CVE-2026-19172: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 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-2026-19172 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.109. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and involves a crafted HTML page to potentially perform a sandbox escape. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.3, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to escape the browser sandbox, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. This compromises the security boundaries intended to isolate web content and protect the host system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.109. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation guidance is provided or required beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2026-19172: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 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-2026-19172 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.109. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and involves a crafted HTML page to potentially perform a sandbox escape. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.3, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to escape the browser sandbox, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. This compromises the security boundaries intended to isolate web content and protect the host system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.109. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation guidance is provided or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-xgp9-vp73-wgrv
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-19172"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a757396bf8831d539d90d57
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 05:56:38 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 08:26:26 UTC
Last updated: 09/21/2026, 22:01:32 UTC
Views: 25
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