Affects widely-used Google Chrome on Windows; high-severity RCE risk via renderer after memory corruption.
CVE-2026-6359
Chrome Windows video use-after-free enables RCE via crafted HTML.
Is CVE-2026-6359 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-6359 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 0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-6359?
CVE-2026-6359 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-2026-6359?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-6359. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-6359 affect?
CVE-2026-6359 affects Google Chrome for Windows (prior to 147.0.7727.101). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-6359?
Patch Chrome to 147.0.7727.101 or later
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote attacker with compromised renderer can execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML page.
Patch when possible
- affected< 147.0.7727.101
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.