CVE-2026-87438Active Exploitation(google / android)

MEDIUMCVSS 9.6 · CRITICAL

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (3 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Patch google android systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

Out of bounds write in WebGL in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

4.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

MEDIUM

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • android
  • chrome

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 2 classified signals
  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 3 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 2 signals
  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 3 signals
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • 3 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
androidchrome

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 1d
01223Mentions · 2026-09-09: 3Active Exploitation · 2026-09-09: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-09: 3Technical Details · 2026-09-09: 209-09
Signal classification2 categories
Active Exploitation
266.7%
Patch
133.3%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse3 posts
  • Offensive Lab@OffensiveLab
    Active Exploitation

    Google on Thursday released updates to patch 230 security vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The medium-severity vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-87491 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as an out-of-bounds bug in V8, Chrome's JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Out-of-bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page," reads a description of the flaw on the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Security researcher Jihyeon Jeong of Compsec Lab, Seoul National University, has been acknowledged for discovering and reporting the flaw on August 6, 2026. The researcher received a $2,500 bug bounty reward for responsible disclosure. Cybersecurity Google acknowledged it is "aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-87491 exists in the wild," but has not disclosed any additional specific information related to how it's being weaponized in real-world attacks and who is behind them. "Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix," the tech giant added. "We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed." With the latest development, Google has addressed a total of seven actively exploited Chrome zero-days since the start of the year. This includes CVE-2026-2441, CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910, CVE-2026-5281, CVE-2026-11645, and CVE-2026-85046. Besides CVE-2026-87491, the latest update also fixes five critical security flaws in WebGL and Cast components - CVE-2026-87464 - Use-after-free in WebGL CVE-2026-87488 - Use-after-free in WebGL CVE-2026-87438 - Out-of-bounds write in WebGL CVE-2026-87527 - Buffer overflow in WebGL CVE-2026-87628 - Use-after-free in Cast Google said it reported 195 out of the 230 flaws that have been addressed in the update. One high use-after-free flaw in WebPackaging (CVE-2026-87639) is credited to OpenAI Codex Security.

    Post summary

    Google disclosed that CVE-2026-87491, an out‑of‑bounds bug in Chrome’s V8 engine, is being actively exploited, and it has addressed the issue in its latest security update.

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  • kawn@kawn2020
    Patch

    #securityupdate #chrome Google が,Chrome 153.0.8010.36 (Linux) および 153.0.8010.36/.37 (Windows/Mac) をリリース. CVE ベースで Critical 5 件 ・CVE-2026-87438 ・CVE-2026-87464 ・CVE-2026-87488 ・CVE-2026-87527 ・CVE-2026-87628 High 41 件を含む全 230… https://x.com/kawn2020/status/2097520500624990518

    Post summary

    Google released Chrome 153.0.8010.36 for Linux and 153.0.8010.36/37 for Windows/Mac, addressing five critical and forty‑one high CVEs.

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  • SecureChap@SecureChap
    Active Exploitation

    CVE-2026-87491, an out-of-bounds write in V8, was exploited in the wild for remote code execution inside the Chrome sandbox. Google shipped the fix in 153.0.8010.36. The same update closed 229 additional issues, including CVE-2026-87464, CVE-2026-87488, CVE-2026-87438, CVE-2026-87527 in WebGL, CVE-2026-87628 in Cast, and CVE-2026-87639 in WebPackaging. Jihyeon Jeong of Compsec Lab, Seoul National University, reported the flaw on August 6, 2026 and collected the $2,500 bounty. Google credited 195 of the total fixes to internal teams. This is the seventh Chrome zero-day exploited in 2026. Earlier cases were CVE-2026-2441, CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910, CVE-2026-5281, CVE-2026-11645, and CVE-2026-85046. Check chrome://version and confirm the build is at least 153.0.8010.36.

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-87491 was actively exploited in the wild to achieve remote code execution in Chrome, prompting Google to patch with version 153.0.8010.36 and close several related CVEs.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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Appgooglechrome---

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