Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Google Dawn

Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-04-01 (federal deadline 2026-04-15).

First seen: 1 Apr 2026
Last update: 1 Apr 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-5281
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: Chrome

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## Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Google Dawn
Ids: CVE-2026-5281

Google Dawn contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple Chromium-based products including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-04-01 (federal deadline 2026-04-15).

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for Google Dawn. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-5281") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281
https://pwned.coffee/i/google-dawn-use-after-free-vulnerability-cve-2026-5281

Sources

NVD: CVE-2026-5281

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