8.8

CVE-2026-10978: google chrome Use After Free

Analyzed
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2026-10978CGA-7wr6-j5jx-m28mCGA-vj4q-c2v7-pfqc
Published 04-06-2026Last modified 05-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-10978 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10958-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21135-1CGA-37W5-9M2F-4CV5

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use after free in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • chromium< 149.0.7827.53-r0
Debian1 product
  • chromium< 149.0.7827.53-1~deb12u1 | < 149.0.7827.53-1~deb13u1 | < 149.0.7827.53-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ 149.0.7827.53, < 149.0.7827.53 | < 149.0.7827.53
Wolfi1 product
  • chromium< 149.0.7827.53-r0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

3 links