CVE-2026-10988
Chrome View-use-after-free may allow sandbox escape.
Is CVE-2026-10988 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-10988 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-10988?
CVE-2026-10988 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-10988?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-10988. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-10988 affect?
CVE-2026-10988 affects Google Chrome < 149.0.7827.53. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-10988?
Update to 149.0.7827.53+; enable auto-updates
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote attacker could escape the Chrome sandbox and run code via crafted HTML in the renderer.
Patch when possible
- affected< 149.0.7827.53
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.