Google Chromium V8: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
High CVSS 8.8 Listed in CISA KEV
Summary
Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- Google:Chromium V8
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Sources
- CISA KEV DATABASE
- NVD DATABASE
- Grok bot vulnerability crawler DATABASE
Original Links
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01882797386.html reference
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk reference
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk reference
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85046 reference
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/542403045 Permissions Required
- https://github.com/Serotav/Writeups/blob/77556c57999805fa7815a114da51d91cf24fbea9/v8/When_Sorting_Leads_To_Confusion.md Exploit
- https://github.com/v8/v8/commit/e0562d87ad9c17042b581582c99237d798572e67 Patch
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669 Issue Tracking
- https://serotav.github.io/Writeups/v8/when-sorting-leads-to-confusion/ Exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85046 US Government Resource
Timeline
- kev_ingest CISA KEV
- nvd_ingest NVD
- grok_bot_ingest Grok bot vulnerability crawler