CVE-2026-6299

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-15 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Prerender in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 147.0.7727.101 — fixed in 147.0.7727.101

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 147.0.7727.101. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497053588

Get alerted when CVE-2026-6299 or the next vulnerability affects your stack