CVE-2026-4457 is a high-severity Type Confusion vulnerability found in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 146.0.7680.153 across Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. Rated 8.8 CVSS High, this flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. The attack requires user interaction but has low complexity, posing a high risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in common databases. The vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 146.0.7680.153, < 146.0.7680.153CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 146.0.7680.153CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.