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Google Chrome CVE-2026-102329

| EUVDEUVD-2026-89395 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-29 Chrome GHSA-3xvj-7hwp-28hh
6.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to crafted HTML page
  2. Exploit
    Trigger WebUI origin-policy bypass
  3. Execution
    Inject script into privileged chrome:// page
  4. Impact
    Execute in privileged WebUI context

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled crafted HTML in Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.92 (UI:R). The attacker must craft content that abuses the WebUI flaw to bypass the web origin policy and reach a privileged internal page (chrome:// WebUI). Limiting factors: no authentication is needed (PR:N) but user interaction is mandatory, the target must be running an unpatched Chrome build, and the payload must specifically target the vulnerable WebUI surface rather than ordinary web content; there is no confirmed availability impact.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, base 6.1) describes a remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity XSS that requires user interaction (visiting a crafted HTML page) and involves a scope change (S:C) - the attacker breaks out of normal web content into a privileged Chrome WebUI (chrome://) page, which is the defining risk of this bug class. Confidentiality and integrity impacts are rated Low and availability None, so the raw score is moderate rather than critical. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so by the precision rules this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Google/Chromium rated the Chromium security severity as High, which reflects the privilege-boundary bypass potential more than the CVSS numeric would suggest; WebUI XSS can be a stepping stone toward more powerful chrome:// bindings. On balance this is a real but interaction-gated browser patch-cycle issue: prioritize routine Chrome updating rather than emergency response, absent evidence of active exploitation. No conflicting signals were found between the vector and the description - both indicate remote delivery with required user interaction.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or injects a crafted HTML page and lures a victim into visiting it; the page exploits the WebUI flaw to bypass the web origin policy and inject script that executes in the context of a privileged Chrome page. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and successful attack requires the victim to load the malicious content (UI:R).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Cross-site scripting in Chrome's WebUI layer allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to escape the normal web origin boundary and inject script into a privileged chrome:// internal page when a victim loads a crafted HTML page in Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.92. Because the vulnerable surface is Chrome's own WebUI (CWE-79) rather than ordinary web content, successful exploitation crosses a trust boundary (CVSS scope change S:C), giving the attacker low-level read and write influence over the privileged page; the vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, base 6.1) confirms no authentication is required but user interaction is mandatory, and no availability impact is assessed. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing; Google has released a fixed build, 154.0.8037.92, so risk is concentrated in unpatched installations. This issue is tracked as EUVD-2026-89395 and documented in the September 2026 Chrome stable channel release notes.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 154.0.8037.92 or later. Desktop users can force the update from chrome://settings/help and must fully restart the browser for it to take effect; Linux and managed deployments should update through their normal package channel or enterprise update policy (for example Chrome Browser Cloud Management or Group Policy auto-update settings), verifying the reported version reaches 154.0.8037.92 on every endpoint before considering the exposure closed. Because the flaw is an origin escape inside Chrome's own WebUI rather than a configurable feature, there is no meaningful server-side workaround - disabling JavaScript, extensions, or specific chrome:// pages is not a viable compensating control and would break normal browser function. Until endpoints are updated, the practical mitigations are procedural: funnel untrusted browsing, HTML attachments, and untrusted local HTML files through a separate, fully patched or isolated browser instance, block or detach suspicious HTML attachments at the mail gateway to reduce drive-by exposure, and enforce Chrome auto-update so unpatched builds do not persist. Organizations should monitor Chromium issue 563297615 and the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01807488085.html for any follow-up field reports or revisions; note that no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code were identified at time of analysis, so prioritization should be driven by the raw number of unpatched endpoints rather than by active-exploitation urgency. Downstream Chromium-based browsers should be patched once their vendors confirm a rebase that includes this fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 154.0.8037.92 <154.0.8037.92

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 154.0.8037.92

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WebUI is the framework Chrome uses to render its built-in privileged pages - settings, history, downloads, flags, and similar chrome:// surfaces - which are served from internal resources and treated as trusted origins with access to privileged browser bindings and APIs that ordinary web pages cannot reach. CVE-2026-102329 is a CWE-79 cross-site scripting bug in that WebUI layer: insufficient handling of attacker-influenced content allowed a crafted HTML page to break out of the normal web origin policy and execute in the context of a privileged chrome:// page. The CVSS scope change (S:C) is the key technical indicator - the impact is not confined to the origin of the injected content but extends into Chrome's internal privileged domain, which is precisely why a High Chromium security severity was assigned despite only low confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L) and no availability impact. The attack is remote and low-complexity (AV:N/AC:L) and, per the CVSS vector (PR:N), requires no authentication, but it does require the victim to load the attacker's crafted HTML (UI:R), so it is a drive-by-style user-interaction bug rather than an unauthenticated server-side compromise. Chrome's multi-process architecture and site isolation limit but do not eliminate the value of WebUI origin escapes, since the privileged page itself exposes browser-internal state. The affected component is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and the flaw was reported through Google's own Chrome reporting channel.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 6.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Remote crafted page needs victim interaction (UI:R), no auth (PR:N); origin-to-privileged-page bypass is a scope change (S:C) with limited confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Red Hat 8.8 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 30, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
6.1 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 29, 2026 - 21:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 19:45 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.1
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 19:45 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Cross-site scripting in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.92 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy into a privileged page via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is one of the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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