CVE-2026-5281

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-01. Federal remediation due 2026-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-04-01 04:41Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-02 03:55Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-03-31

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2865efaa761ba1ad57f903fe9d62a874ad19a56e6be5b6b544e33373409cf79a

• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
• issues.chromium.orghttps://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-5281government-resource