Google Chrome for Android: Use-after-free in PerformanceAPIs
Summary
A use-after-free flaw in the PerformanceAPIs component of Google Chrome for Android allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox. The attacker needs the user to open a crafted HTML page, for example through a phishing link or a compromised website. Google rates the bug Low in its internal Chromium severity, while the CVSS base score is 8.8. The fix is included in Chrome for Android 156.0.8078.47.
Affected
- Google Chrome for Android before 156.0.8078.47
- The CVE record's version range is contradictory and should not be relied on.
Fixed in
- Google Chrome for Android 156.0.8078.47 (secondary source, verify against Google's Android release notes)
Workaround
- None identified. Update Chrome for Android.
Exploitation
- No evidence of exploitation in the wild known (CISA KEV: not listed).
- No public proof of concept known.
- Details on the exploit prerequisites are not public.
Our recommendation
- Check the Chrome version on all Android devices and confirm 156.0.8078.47 or later.
- Push the update via Google Play or enforce a minimum Chrome version through MDM.
- For devices that cannot be updated, restrict browser use to managed apps or block unknown websites.
- Prioritise the desktop Chrome fleet, since the same release fixes several Critical desktop bugs.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- NVD record via Vulners vulners.com
- Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop chromereleases.googleblog.com
- Chromium issue tracker issues.chromium.org
- TechGeeks: Google Chrome 156 security notice www.techgeeks.org
- Strix CVE-2026-113091 www.strix.ai
- Google Chrome on Wikipedia (release table) en.wikipedia.org
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 14:15.
Original description (NVD)
Use after free in PerformanceAPIs in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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