CVE-2026-5281
Use-After-Free in Google Dawn. CISA confirmed attackers exploit it and added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 1 April 2026.
- Product
- Google Dawn
- Added to CISA's catalog
- Federal fix-by date
- Ransomware
- No known use in ransomware campaigns
- Sources
- CISA’s catalog, NVD entry
CISA’s description.
Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
More from Google this year.
- CVE-2026-111497 Unchecked Return Value, added
- CVE-2026-58704 Improper Authorization, added
- CVE-2026-87491 Out of Bounds Write, added
- CVE-2026-85046 Type Confusion, added
- CVE-2026-11645 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write, added
- CVE-2026-3910 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, added
- CVE-2026-3909 Out-of-Bounds Write, added
- CVE-2026-2441 CSS Use-After-Free, added
Every flaw CISA confirmed exploited in the last 30 days is on the exploit watch. This is not security advice. Check the vendor’s advisory before acting. From CISA’s catalog of 4 November 2026.