Description
Use after free in Contextual Tasks in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 154.0.8037.97 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected products
google: chrome; microsoft: windows
References2
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for… Release NotesVendor Advisory
- issues.chromium.org/issues/561660166 Permissions Required
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.3
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 21 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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