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Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281

CVE-2026-5281Published 4 months agoSource: CISA KEV

Affected packages

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Exploit signal

Known exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes
EPSS score
5.04%
EPSS percentile
91.4%

EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs. This advisory is in the top 91%.

Sources

No external sources available.

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