{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-5281 in the wild since at least 1 Apr 2026.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Apr 2026.","what":"CVE-2026-5281 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 1 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-5281 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-5281 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 1 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-5281 in the wild since at least 1 Apr 2026.\n\nAffected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5281/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-5281","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5281/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-5281","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5281","GHSA-xf76-839h-pfpm","MINI-3j4m-hj42-j99f"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Google Chrome","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page in Google Chrome.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Chrome","cpe":[{"product":"chrome","vendor":"google"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-04-02","github_poc":4,"max_poc_stars":4,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2026-04-02T01:51:28Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/umair-aziz025/CVE-2026-5281-Research-Toolkit","stars":4,"title":"Chrome WebGPU Use-After-Free (CWE-416)  This toolkit is for security research and defensive verification around CVE-2026-5281. 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