Chrome V8 Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild Enables Code Execution Inside Sandbox
Google patches actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day CVE-2026-87491, an out-of-bounds write enabling sandboxed code execution via crafted HTML pages.
Use-After-Free in WebGL in Google Chrome Allows Code Execution Outside the Sandbox
CVE-2026-87464 is a use-after-free (CWE-416) in the WebGL component of Google Chrome affecting versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. A remote attacker can trigger it by luring a user to open a crafted HTML page, which corrupts memory in the browser's WebGL rendering path. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution outside the browser sandbox, meaning the attacker escapes Chrome's process isolation and runs code with the privileges of the browser on the host. All Chrome users running an unpatched version before 153.0.8010.36 are affected. As of now there is no public proof-of-concept and this specific flaw is not in CISA KEV, although the Chrome 153 release headlines reference a separate V8 zero-day that was exploited in the wild.
What to do: Update Google Chrome to 153.0.8010.36 or later immediately; Chrome 153 ships 230 security fixes, so unpatched installs are exposed to this and numerous other flaws. Verify the patched version fleet-wide (Help > About Chrome confirms and triggers the update), prioritize endpoints and users who browse untrusted websites, and note that the separately exploited V8 zero-day is also fixed in this release, raising the urgency of patching.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| google chrome | all versions prior to 153.0.8010.36 |
Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.
Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Google patches actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day CVE-2026-87491, an out-of-bounds write enabling sandboxed code execution via crafted HTML pages.
Google released Chrome 153 with 230 security fixes, patching CVE-2026-87491, a V8 out-of-bounds write zero-day actively exploited in the wild.
CVE-2026-87464 is a critical use-after-free in Chrome's WebGL allowing sandbox-escaping RCE via crafted HTML pages, fixed in 153.0.8010.36.
Google shipped Chrome 153 with 230 fixes, including CVE-2026-87491, a V8 out-of-bounds write zero-day exploited in the wild.
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