Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2026-5281

TLP:CLEAR

Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Facts

  • Vendor: Google
  • Product: Dawn
  • CVSS: 8.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 13.7 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 1 April 2026
  • First known exploitation: 1 April 2026
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 15 April 2026
  • Weakness: CWE-416
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 1 April 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD