---
id: "CVE-2026-118349"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-118349"]
title: "Chrome: memory corruption in Payments lets a crafted page run code"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["android", "browser", "chrome", "desktop", "other"]
not_affected_if: ["chrome-updated", "non-chrome-browser"]
published_at: "2026-10-27T23:17:03+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T23:29:44+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T23:31:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118349", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T23:29:44+00:00"}]
---

# Chrome: memory corruption in Payments lets a crafted page run code

A memory corruption bug in the Payments component of Google Chrome before 156.0.8078.73 lets a remote attacker run arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox. The attacker only needs the victim to load a crafted HTML page.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Open chrome://version in Chrome and read the version number
- Compare the version against `156.0.8078.73`; anything lower is affected

## Fix

- Update Google Chrome to `156.0.8078.73` or later
- Relaunch the browser after the update so the new version is running

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T23:29:44+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118349

## From the sources

Memory corruption in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.73 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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