CVE-2026-17898

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Analyzed - chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Published

2026-07-30

Last modified

2026-10-23

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Chrome (Google)

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/506193577