CVE-2026-113217High· 8.8▾ Twilight

chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAppInstalls (CVE-2026-113217)

An use after free flaw was found in the WebAppInstalls component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=568900845 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113217

▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw

Depth score48/ 100 · Moderate

impact 48.4 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0

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Published

Oct 20, 2026

Updated

Oct 21, 2026

CVSS

8.8

Vendor

Red Hat

Product

Chrome

CWE

CWE-416

Depth score

48 · Moderate

EPSS

0.47% · p40

Platforms

—

Source

CSAF

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

decided 2026-10-20

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the vendor's CSAF advisory record, not NVD.

EPSS history

Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 22.

0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.06%

Timeline

Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.

6 events · 6 days

Oct 20, 2026Published
Disclosed via CSAF
Oct 21, 2026Record revised
Last analysed / modified upstream
Oct 21, 2026CVSS changed
— → 8.8
Oct 21, 2026Severity changed
none → high
Oct 22, 2026EPSS first tracked
0.4%
Oct 26, 2026EPSS peak
0.4% → 0.5%

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Affected

Chrome >= 156.0.8078.47 < 156.0.8078.47

Full technical detail▾

Overview

An use after free flaw was found in the WebAppInstalls component of the Chromium browser.

Upstream bug(s):

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=568900845 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113217

Vendor advisories

Red Hat VEX · updated 2026-10-21 · vex

chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAppInstalls. Released 2026-10-20, updated 2026-10-21.

Not affected:

All currently supported Red Hat products

Remediation

Refer to the advisory for fix availability.

References

Change history

Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.

Oct 21, 2026CVSS — → 8.8
Oct 21, 2026Severity none → high

Related vulnerabilities

Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.

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