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CVE-2026-5281

high

Description

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

References

https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-zero-day-among-21-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/01/google-chrome-zero-day-cve-2026-5281/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/04/01/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fixes-fourth-chrome-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks-in-2026/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/new-chrome-zero-day-cve-2026-5281-under.html

https://securityaffairs.com/190282/security/u-s-cisa-adds-a-flaw-in-google-dawn-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://securityaffairs.com/190265/hacking/google-fixes-fourth-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-of-2026.html

http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-01

Updated: 2026-04-02

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00038