Chrome is ubiquitous; a high-severity sandbox escape enabling host compromise on macOS is broadly impactful and newsworthy.
CVE-2026-17865
Chrome (macOS) sandbox escape via crafted HTML allowing host compromise.
Is CVE-2026-17865 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-17865 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 0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-17865?
CVE-2026-17865 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. 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-2026-17865?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-17865. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-17865 affect?
CVE-2026-17865 affects Google Chrome for macOS prior to 151.0.7922.72. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-17865?
Immediately update Chrome on macOS to 151.0.7922.72+; restrict untrusted web content until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Sandbox escape from a compromised renderer via crafted HTML, enabling arbitrary code execution and full host compromise on macOS.
Immediate action required
- affected< 151.0.7922.72
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.