CVE-2026-85042

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.69.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-03. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
9.6
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
9.6(high)
EG Risk
43(Track)
EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity96% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 3, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/553119925
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01882797386.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-85042(2)

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

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1 (415 versions)152.0.7977.82-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.82-1~deb12u1 (181 versions)152.0.7977.82-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.82-1~deb13u1 (183 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 98× in last 7d / 254× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 254 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-25 10:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-25 06:09 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-25 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-25 02:16 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-25 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-24 22:22 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-24 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-24 18:29 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-24 18:29 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-24 18:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-24 13:40 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-24 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-24 09:47 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-24 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-24 05:54 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-24 05:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-24 02:01 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-24 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-23 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-23 22:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-23 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-23 18:15 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-23 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-23 14:22 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-23 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-23 10:27 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-23 10:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-23 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-23 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-23 02:41 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-23 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 22:47 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-22 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-22 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-22 18:54 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-22 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-22 15:01 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-22 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-22 11:08 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-22 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-22 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-22 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-22 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-21 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-21 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-21 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-21 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-21 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-21 15:42 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-21 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-21 11:49 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-21 11:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-21 07:56 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-21 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-21 04:03 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-21 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-21 00:10 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-21 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-20 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-20 20:17 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-20 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-20 16:24 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-20 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-20 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-20 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-20 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-20 08:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-20 04:29 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-20 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-20 00:36 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-20 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-19 20:43 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-19 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-19 16:50 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-09-19 16:50 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-19 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-19 12:56 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-19 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-19 09:03 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-19 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-19 05:10 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-19 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-19 01:16 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-19 01:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-18 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-18 21:23 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-18 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-09-18 16:17 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-18 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-18 12:05 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-18 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-18 08:12 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-18 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-85042?
CVE-2026-85042 is a critical vulnerability published on September 3, 2026. Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-85042 disclosed?
CVE-2026-85042 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 3, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-85042 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-85042 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 62.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-85042?
CVE-2026-85042 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.6 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-85042?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-85042, 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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