CVE-2026-87524: Use After Free in Core in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 153.0.8010.36
A NVD · · CVE-2026-87524
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The vulnerability allows an attacker with access to the renderer process to execute code outside the sandbox , a classic sandbox escape that compromises Chrome's security architecture.
Description
CVE-2026-87524 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's core module affecting versions prior to 153.0.8010.36 on Windows. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page, enabling privilege escalation and potential system compromise. Google rates this vulnerability as high severity and requires prompt patching.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 0.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 0.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational