CVE-2026-8521 Use after free in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-8521?

CVE-2026-8521 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use after free in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8521?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-8521?

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-2026-8521 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8521 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8521, ECHO-b88d-30f9-9eb5, GHSA-9mx2-vh7f-423c, MINI-5655-9rf3-cg7q.