CVE-2026-8513
Published: 14 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8513 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 10.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-30424
Vulnerability details
Use after free in Input in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Use-after-free enables sandbox escape after renderer compromise, directly facilitating privilege escalation via crafted HTML.
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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.