CVE-2026-16806 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the WebMCP component of Google Chrome. The flaw affects Chrome versions prior to 150.0.7871.186 and can be triggered by remote content delivered through a crafted HTML page. Successful exploitation may corrupt memory and allow arbitrary code execution within the browser’s sandboxed renderer context.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
8 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability affecting Chrome's WebMCP component.
A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome WebMCP that could enable arbitrary code execution inside the browser sandbox through a crafted page.
A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's WebMCP component.
A use-after-free vulnerability in WebMCP in Google Chrome that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.