CVE-2026-87572 Code injection in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page in Chrome DevTools.
- 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-2026-87572?
CVE-2026-87572 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Sep 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
Injection in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-87572?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-87572?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2026-87572 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87572 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-87572, ECHO-05f3-930d-99ce, GHSA-v7x2-49m2-8h5p, MINI-v8pp-55x8-cjq5.