Sandbox escape via undisclosed Codecs race
Published Jun 4, 2026 · Updated Jun 4, 2026
Race condition in Codecs in Google Chrome on Windows before 149.0.7827.53 allows remote attackers to escape the browser sandbox. Google identifies a Codecs race, but the restricted issue does not disclose the competing operations or shared state involved. Exploitation requires a compromised renderer and crafted HTML, and success crosses the Windows browser sandbox boundary.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Codecs in Google Chrome on Windows before 149.0.7827.53 allows remote attackers to escape the browser sandbox. Google identifies a Codecs race, but the restricted issue does not disclose the competing operations or shared state involved. Exploitation requires a compromised renderer and crafted HTML, and success crosses the Windows browser sandbox boundary.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-10940
- Published
- Jun 4, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=149.0.7827.53 <149.0.7827.53
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