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Use-after-free in Guest View in Google Chrome

IdentifiersCVE-2026-11674CWE-416· Use After Free

CVE-2026-11674 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Guest View component of Google Chrome. It affects Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103. According to the provided content, a remote attacker can trigger the flaw by supplying a crafted HTML page, leading to arbitrary code execution inside the Chrome sandbox. The issue is classified as CWE-416 and was assigned a Chromium security severity of High.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the browser's sandboxed context. Based on the provided CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), exploitation can have high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within that sandboxed execution context.

Mitigation

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No specific temporary workaround or mitigation was provided in the supplied content beyond applying the vendor security updates. Until patching is completed, reducing exposure to untrusted web content may lower risk, but the authoritative remediation in the provided sources is to upgrade to a fixed version.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.103 or later. For Debian Chromium packages, apply the vendor-provided fixed versions: 149.0.7827.102-1~deb12u1 for Debian oldstable (bookworm) or 149.0.7827.102-1~deb13u1 for Debian stable (trixie), as referenced in the provided advisory content.
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