CVE-2026-7929
Published: 06 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-7929 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 25.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-27961
Vulnerability details
Use after free in MediaRecording in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Use-after-free RCE in browser renderer triggered by crafted HTML page requiring user gestures directly maps to client-side exploitation and malicious link delivery.
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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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.