Description
Use after free in Web Authentication in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a use‑after‑free flaw located in Google Chrome's Web Authentication implementation. A crafted HTML page can trigger the defect, which allows a remote attacker to escape the browser sandbox and potentially execute code outside the browser environment. This could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, effectively giving the attacker control over the host process.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome browsers running any Chrome version earlier than 151.0.7922.109 on supported platforms are vulnerable. The issue affects all desktop channels (stable, beta, dev) that ship the susceptible Web Authentication code.

Risk and Exploitability

Chromium rates the severity of the issue as high, and no EPSS data is currently available. The flaw requires an attacker to supply a malicious HTML document that is processed by the victim's Chrome instance, so it is a remote, user‑supplied code execution scenario. While the lack of an EPSS score makes it difficult to estimate exploitation probability precisely, the high severity and the availability of a patch urge immediate attention. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV as of the latest data.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 6, 2026 at 23:56 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.109 or newer, which contains the fix for this use‑after‑free flaw.
  • If an update cannot be applied immediately, configure the Chrome Enterprise policy to restrict Web Authentication to a list of trusted origins, thereby preventing the vulnerable code path from executing on untrusted sites.
  • Ensure that Web Authentication is disabled or not enabled on websites that do not require it, reducing the attack surface until a patch is applied.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 6, 2026 at 23:56 UTC.

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History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
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Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Title Use‑after‑Free in Web Authentication Enabling Potential Sandbox Escape in Google Chrome

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Use after free in Web Authentication in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T20:33:53.955Z

Reserved: 2026-08-06T16:51:51.741Z

Link: CVE-2026-19166

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Updated: 2026-08-07T00:15:04Z

Weaknesses