Google Dawn Use-After-Free
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2026-04-15 · passed 4 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
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.
Who is affected
Google Dawn. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-416.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2026-5281 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- chromereleases.googleblog.com chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281