CVE-2026-11163 Use after free in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-11163?

CVE-2026-11163 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use after free in Messages in Google Chrome on Android prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-11163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-11163?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-11163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11163, ECHO-caa1-7e5e-b7e3, GHSA-q9jg-hq52-4qqg, MINI-f4jr-3xvj-2mqq.