CVE-2026-0908
Published: 20 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-0908 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 23.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-0908, published on 2026-01-20, is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the ANGLE graphics component of Google Chrome prior to version 144.0.7559.59. This defect enables potential heap corruption when processing a crafted HTML page.
The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker with network access, requiring low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction such as visiting a malicious webpage. Exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Google addressed the issue in the stable channel update to Chrome 144.0.7559.59, as detailed in the Chrome Releases blog post at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html. Additional technical details are available in the Chromium issue tracker at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/452209503, where it is rated as Low severity by the Chromium security team.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3446
Vulnerability details
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.59 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Use-after-free in browser graphics component enables drive-by RCE via crafted webpage (T1189) and client-side exploitation for code execution (T1203).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-2 requires timely identification, reporting, and remediation of flaws like this use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's ANGLE component via patching to version 144.0.7559.59.
SI-16 implements memory safeguards such as ASLR and DEP to protect against heap corruption and unauthorized code execution from use-after-free exploits in browser graphics processing.
RA-5 enables vulnerability scanning to identify and prioritize deployment of patches for known issues like CVE-2026-0908 in deployed Chrome instances.