Chrome is a widely used enterprise browser; this RCE/sandbox-escape vulnerability on endpoints is high-impact and warrants broad IT notification.
CVE-2026-87480
Chrome printing use-after-free allows sandbox escape and remote code execution.
Is CVE-2026-87480 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-87480 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 0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-87480?
CVE-2026-87480 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.3. 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-2026-87480?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-87480. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-87480 affect?
CVE-2026-87480 affects Google Chrome < 153.0.8010.36, Chrome Desktop (Windows/Linux/macOS). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-87480?
Update Chrome to 153.0.8010.36+ immediately; restrict untrusted pages and ensure endpoint protections.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Crafted HTML triggers a printing renderer use-after-free enabling sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution on the host.
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.