PT-2026-41044

CVE-2026-8515

Published

2026-05-12

Updated

2026-08-31

Description by

CVSS 3.1

8.3

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.168

Description A use after free issue in the Human Interface Device (HID) component allows a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape. This occurs when a user is convinced to perform specific UI gestures while interacting with a crafted HTML page. Use after free is a memory corruption flaw that happens when an application continues to use a pointer after it has been freed.

Recommendations Update Google Chrome to version 148.0.7778.168 or later.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416: Use After Free

Related identifiers

CVE-2026-8515

BDU:2026-10786

ECHO-50E5-DFFB-2CC0