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Sandboxed code execution in Dawn in Google Chrome

IdentifiersCVE-2026-11086CWE-20· Improper Input Validation

CVE-2026-11086 is an inappropriate implementation vulnerability in Dawn affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.53. According to the provided content, the flaw allows a remote attacker, after first compromising the renderer process, to trigger arbitrary code execution inside the Chrome sandbox by using a crafted HTML page. The available material also maps the issue to CWE-20, indicating insufficient validation of untrusted input in the affected Dawn component. The vulnerable condition is therefore not a direct sandbox escape from the web alone, but a post-renderer-compromise issue reachable through malicious web content.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution within the Chrome sandbox. The attacker must already have achieved renderer-process compromise, after which this flaw can be used as a further execution primitive inside the sandboxed context via crafted HTML content. The supplied CVSS v3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates potential high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation

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No specific workaround or temporary mitigation is provided in the supplied content. The practical mitigation is to update affected Chromium-based browsers to the latest fixed release. Where immediate patching is not possible, reducing exposure to untrusted web content may lower risk, but this is not stated as an official mitigation in the provided advisories.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later. For Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), upgrade to version 149.0.4022.52 or later, which incorporates the upstream Chromium fix. Debian users should upgrade chromium to the fixed package versions identified in the advisory, including 149.0.7827.53-1~deb12u1 for bookworm and 149.0.7827.53-1~deb13u1 for trixie.
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