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Use-after-Free in Google Chrome Digital Credentials on Mac

IdentifiersCVE-2026-13026CWE-416

CVE-2026-13026 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Digital Credentials component of Google Chrome on macOS. According to the provided content, affected versions are Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.197. The flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted HTML page, leading to a use-after-free condition and potential heap corruption in the browser process.

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ANALYST BRIEF

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Impact

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Successful exploitation may allow a remote attacker to corrupt heap memory in Chrome on macOS by luring a target to a crafted HTML page. The provided content states this could potentially be exploited for browser compromise; broader Chrome advisories in the same release note that some vulnerabilities in this update could lead to denial of service, remote code execution, or security restriction bypass. For this specific CVE, the directly supported impact is heap corruption with potential code execution or browser compromise.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting use of untrusted websites and untrusted HTML content in Chrome on affected macOS systems until the update is applied. Standard browser hardening measures such as restricting unnecessary browsing from sensitive endpoints may reduce risk, but no vendor-specific mitigation beyond updating was provided in the available content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome on macOS to version 149.0.7827.197 or later. Google’s Stable channel update 149.0.7827.196/197 for Windows and Mac includes the fix for CVE-2026-13026.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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ACTIVITY FEED

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Social activity1

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-13026
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13026
MITRE CWE · CWE-416
cwe.mitre.org