Chrome is ubiquitous; an RCE in DevTools enabling host compromise is organization-wide impactful and merits broad IT notification.
CVE-2026-87448
Use-after-free in Chrome DevTools allows remote code execution via crafted HTML.
Is CVE-2026-87448 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-87448 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 0.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-87448?
CVE-2026-87448 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-2026-87448?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-87448. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-87448 affect?
CVE-2026-87448 affects Google Chrome (Desktop) versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-87448?
Update Chrome to 153.0.8010.36 or later immediately.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote code execution outside Chrome sandbox via crafted HTML, enabling arbitrary code execution and host compromise.
Immediate action required
- affected< 153.0.8010.36
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.