Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-12012

HighUpdated

Published: 11 June 2026

Published
11 June 2026
Modified
23 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 13.1th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-12012 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 13.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Use after free in Network in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.115 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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Why these techniques?

Use-after-free in Chrome network stack enables remote code execution on client via malicious traffic from privileged network position.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

google
chrome
≤ 149.0.7827.115

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

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