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Use-after-free in Blink in Google Chrome

IdentifiersCVE-2026-13036CWE-416

CVE-2026-13036 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Blink rendering engine of Google Chrome. According to the provided content, affected versions are Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.197. The flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted HTML page, leading to memory corruption in Blink due to dereferencing freed memory. The vendor description states that successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution inside the Chrome sandbox.

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ANALYST BRIEF

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the Chrome renderer sandbox. Depending on exploit reliability, this may also cause renderer crashes and denial of service. The provided content does not establish sandbox escape or full system compromise for this specific CVE.

Mitigation

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

Apply the available browser security update as soon as possible. Until patching is complete, reduce exposure by limiting use of untrusted web content, restricting access to potentially malicious sites, and prioritizing updates across downstream Chromium-based products. No specific workaround for this individual flaw was provided in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Update Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.197 or later on affected platforms, or to the corresponding patched Chromium-based browser release. For Debian chromium, apply the vendor-packaged security update and upgrade to 149.0.7827.196-1~deb13u1 or later patched versions as provided by Debian.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 1 candidate as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

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DebianChromiumapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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

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Social activity2

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-13036
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13036
MITRE CWE · CWE-416
cwe.mitre.org