CVE-2026-6297 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-825 — Expired Pointer Dereference9 documents7 sources
Severity
8.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
Latest updateApr 16

Description

Use after free in Proxy in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome147.0.7727.101 — 147.0.7727.101

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
Google Chrome up to 147.0.7727.55 Proxy use after free (ID 493628)↗2026-04-16
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CVEList
CVE-2026-6297: Use after free in Proxy in Google Chrome prior to 147↗2026-04-15
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GHSA
GHSA-pfc6-jxgq-cf62: Use after free in Proxy in Google Chrome prior to 147↗2026-04-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in Proxy↗2026-04-15
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2026-6296↗2026-04-15
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-6296 CVE-2026-6297 CVE-2026-6298 CVE-2026-6300 CVE-2026-6301 CVE-2026-6302 CVE-2026-6305 CVE-2026-6306 CVE-2026-6307 CVE-2026-6318 CVE-2026-6319 CVE-2026-6358 CVE-2026-6359 CVE-2026-6360 CVE-↗2026-04-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-6296 CVE-2026-6297 CVE-2026-6298 CVE-2026-6300 CVE-2026-6301 CVE-2026-6302 CVE-2026-6305 CVE-2026-6306 CVE-2026-6307 CVE-2026-6318 CVE-2026-6319 CVE-2026-6358 CVE-2026-6359 CVE-2026-6360 CVE-↗2026-04-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-6297 chromium-browser: Use after free in Proxy↗2026-04-15
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