How severe is CVE-2026-2441?

CVE-2026-2441 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 55.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2026-2441: Google Chromium CSS Use-After-Free

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google Chromium CSS Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2026-02-17

Remediation due

2026-03-10

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2441

Description

Use after free in CSS in Google Chrome prior to 145.0.7632.75 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Google	Chrome	145.0.7632.75 to <145.0.7632.75

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2026-02-13

Last updated

2026-09-21

Assigner (CNA)

Chrome

Credited to

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