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Vulnerability details: VCID-v2gf-rqxb-57ae
Vulnerability ID VCID-v2gf-rqxb-57ae
Aliases CVE-2026-5281
Summary chromium-browser: Use after free in Dawn
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.1
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-825 Expired Pointer Dereference
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-5281.json
epss 0.0303 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
epss 0.03278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
ssvc Attend https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
ssvc Attend https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-5281.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-5281
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-5281
2453700 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453700
491518608 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Data source KEV
Date added April 1, 2026
Description Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date April 15, 2026
Note 
This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-5281.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2026-04-01T16:16:11Z/ Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2026-04-01T16:16:11Z/ Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/491518608
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86598
EPSS Score 0.0303
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:30:12.178388+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-5281.json 38.0.0