CVE-2026-5286 - chromium-browser: Use after free in Dawn

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CRITICAL

chromium-browser: Use after free in Dawn

Published Apr 1, 2026

9.6

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.36%

Description

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Vendor Google Product Chrome Default
n/a
- Version
  146.0.7680.178
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <146.0.7680.178

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google

Chrome

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
146.0.7680.178	affected	<146.0.7680.178

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Google Chrome Security Advisory.

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-416

Use After Free

CWE-825

References (7)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5286
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453690
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Vendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-17802
Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/493900619
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5286
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5286

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5286		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453690		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html		Vendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-17802		Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/493900619		Issue TrackingPermissions Required
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5286
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5286