CVE-2026-17745 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can escape the sandbox via an out-of-bounds read in Skia, requiring a browser upgrade.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-17745?
CVE-2026-17745 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 30 Jul 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
Out of bounds read in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17745?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-17745?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-17745 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17745 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17745, ECHO-d022-f026-5b09, GHSA-vmr6-58p5-pq47, MINI-hrwq-2764-m5mv.