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Use-after-free in Google Chrome Bluetooth on Mac

IdentifiersCVE-2026-11698CWE-416· Use After Free

CVE-2026-11698 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Bluetooth component of Google Chrome on Mac. It affects Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103. According to the provided content, a remote attacker can trigger the flaw via a crafted HTML page, leading to heap corruption. The specific vulnerable function is not identified in the available information.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can cause heap corruption in the browser process on affected Mac systems. Based on the provided advisory and CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), impact may include browser compromise with potential remote code execution in the context of the targeted user, as well as high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

No specific workaround or temporary mitigation is provided in the supplied content. Practical interim risk reduction would be to restrict exposure to untrusted web content until the browser is updated, but the authoritative remediation is to install the fixed version.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome on Mac to version 149.0.7827.103 or later. If using downstream Chromium packages, apply the vendor-provided fixed builds; the provided Debian advisory references chromium 149.0.7827.102-1~deb12u1 for Debian 12/bookworm and 149.0.7827.102-1~deb13u1 for Debian 13/trixie.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

5 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Threat actor evidence

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

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Social activity3

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-11698
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11698
MITRE CWE · CWE-416
Use After Free
Vendor Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0153744567.html
Permissions Required
issues.chromium.org/issues/518235412