CVE-2026-5896 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-5896?

CVE-2026-5896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 8 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.

Official description

Policy bypass in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to bypass sandbox download restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Weakness: CWE-693

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5896?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-5896?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-5896 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5896 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• 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-2026-5896, GHSA-j54v-ww9j-cr6r, MINI-qjxc-v9jp-6v38.