CVE-2026-5281HIGH 8.8CISA KEVEPSS p91.8%

CVE-2026-5281Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Google / Dawn

Description

Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS5.49% probability of exploitation · percentile 91.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-04-01
Last modified2026-04-02

CISA KEV entry

Added to KEV: 2026-04-01

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-416

References

  1. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
  2. https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
  3. https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUse After Freecwe-4160%live

(incoming)1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
KEVEntryGoogle Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2026-52810%live

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