CVE-2026-8002
Published: 06 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8002 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 Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 33.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Use-after-free in Chrome audio component directly enables remote arbitrary code execution via crafted HTML, mapping to client-side exploitation.
NVD Description
Use after free in Audio in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
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