CVE-2026-5290

CRITICALNVD 9.69.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-01. NVD baseline CVSS 9.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.6
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
9.6
EG Score
9.6(medium)
EPSS
16.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 1, 2026

Last Modified

April 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 7, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/496205576
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5290(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5290?
CVE-2026-5290 is a critical vulnerability published on April 1, 2026. Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-5290 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5290 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5290 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5290 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5290?
CVE-2026-5290 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5290?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5290, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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