CVE-2026-17653
HIGH 8.3 ALL-YEARSUse after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.3), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 42nd percentile
Impact if exploited
8.3CVSS 3.1 · HIGH · ADP
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ⚠User interaction: A user must take an action (click / open a file)
- ⚠Complexity: Needs a race window or specific setup
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416: Use after free
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
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webkit2gtk3-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=aarch64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=src
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-debuginfo-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=ppc64le
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=i686
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-devel-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=aarch64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-devel-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-jsc-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=s390x
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-jsc-debuginfo-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=ppc64le
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=i686
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-debuginfo-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=aarch64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-debuginfo-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_10?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Vendor guidance
webkitgtk as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
webkitgtk-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk-devel
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
webkitgtk-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk-doc
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
webkitgtk.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk?arch=src
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
webkit2gtk3 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkit2gtk3
- none available: Affected
webkit2gtk3-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkit2gtk3-devel
- none available: Affected
webkit2gtk3-jsc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkit2gtk3-jsc
- none available: Affected
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
- none available: Affected
webkit2gtk3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/webkit2gtk3?arch=src
- none available: Affected
firefox as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00firefox as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00libwebkit2gtk as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/libwebkit2gtk
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00webkitgtk3-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk3-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00webkitgtk3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk3?arch=src
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00webkitgtk4-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code cannot be controlled by adversary
pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk4-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00webkitgtk4-jsc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code cannot be controlled by adversary
pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk4-jsc
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code cannot be controlled by adversary
pkg:rpm/redhat/webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00firefox as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00firefox as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00firefox.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox?arch=src
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | < 151.0.7922.72 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.3 v3.1 · ADP Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.3 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisories
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-07-30T00:18:43.352Z
NVD · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-24T13:10:00.147
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-17653.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-50779 EUVD · EUVD-2026-50779
Technical & other
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/520514458 CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-07-30T00:18:43.352Z
NVD · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-24T13:10:00.147
Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17653 Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508987 Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17653 Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17653 Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74084 Red Hat · CVE-2026-17653 · Updated 2026-10-14T06:36:30+00:00
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