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Google Chrome CVE-2026-106295

| EUVDEUVD-2026-93765 MEDIUM
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-10-06 Chrome GHSA-c34x-5v75-6mcp
4.2
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
    Compromise renderer process via prior exploit
  2. Exploit
    Serve crafted HTML page
  3. Execution
    Trigger incorrect authorization in Unbounded Element
  4. Impact
    Spoof trusted UI elements to deceive user

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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 attacker to have ALREADY compromised the renderer process of the victim's Chrome browser - this is an explicit, stated prerequisite, not an assumption, and it means the bug is only reachable as a follow-on to a separate renderer-level exploit. Beyond that, the attacker must deliver a crafted HTML page and the victim must interact with it (UI:R), and the high attack complexity (AC:H) indicates non-trivial conditions must be met for the spoof to succeed. The flaw affects Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39 across the standard desktop stable channel; updating to 155.0.8059.39 or later eliminates it. The renderer-compromise requirement and required user interaction are the primary limiting factors that keep real-world risk low despite the network attack vector.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite being a Chrome vulnerability. The signals are internally consistent and all point low: CVSS base score is 4.2 (Medium), the vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R) combines high attack complexity with required user interaction, and Chromium itself rated the security severity Medium. The single most important mitigating factor is explicit in the description - the attacker must have ALREADY compromised the renderer process. This makes the bug a post-exploitation UI-spoofing primitive, not a standalone initial-access vulnerability, so it chains after an attacker already holds renderer code execution. Note the CVSS records PR:N, which reflects Chrome's sandbox threat model (the compromised renderer is treated as the attacker rather than as a privilege the attacker must earn) rather than meaning no prerequisites exist - in practice a prior renderer-compromise exploit is required, which is a substantial barrier. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC availability was provided in the input; absence of these is not evidence of safety but there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no confirmed active exploitation. Impact is limited to UI spoofing (deception), with no direct code execution or data theft from this bug alone. Bottom line: patch via normal Chrome update cadence; this does not warrant emergency out-of-band response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has already achieved code execution in Chrome's renderer process (via a separate prior exploit) uses this incorrect-authorization flaw to render a crafted HTML page that spoofs trusted browser UI elements, deceiving the user into trusting fake prompts or interface components. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and the required user interaction (UI:R) plus the renderer-compromise prerequisite make opportunistic mass exploitation impractical.

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 – Oct 07, 2026

UI spoofing in Google Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the browser's renderer process to draw deceptive interface elements (for example convincing fake prompts, dialogs, or origin indicators) by delivering a crafted HTML page that the victim must interact with. Google rates this as a Medium-severity Chromium issue with a CVSS 3.1 base of 4.2, and the assessed vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) confirms only low integrity impact - no confidentiality or availability loss - with high attack complexity and no privileges required. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at the time of analysis; the pre-existing renderer compromise prerequisite plus required user interaction keeps real-world risk low, making this primarily a defense-in-depth fix.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 155.0.8059.39. Update every affected desktop install to 155.0.8059.39 or later through the stable channel - end users can trigger this from chrome://settings/help, and administrators should force the update and a browser restart via Chrome Browser Cloud Management or their software-deployment tooling so the fix actually takes effect (Chrome applies updates only after relaunch). Patch availability is confirmed from the vendor, and the authoritative details are in the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html and the Chromium issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/553138969 (which may be access-restricted until the fix has broadly shipped). Because exploitation requires an attacker to have already compromised the renderer process, this bug should be treated as a defense-in-depth fix rather than a standalone compromise path: the most meaningful compensating controls are keeping all other renderer-level Chrome/Chromium vulnerabilities fully patched and enforcing the process sandbox and Site Isolation so that renderer compromise is harder to achieve in the first place, at the cost of additional engineering and policy overhead, and monitoring EDR/telemetry for renderer-exploitation precursors, which detects but does not prevent the follow-on spoof. Disabling JavaScript or blocking untrusted content would remove the crafted-HTML delivery vector but breaks the overwhelming majority of legitimate sites and is not a practical general mitigation; no vendor-issued workaround beyond updating to 155.0.8059.39 is identified in the available data.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 155.0.8059.39 <155.0.8059.39

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 155.0.8059.39

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) in the Chromium component referred to as "Unbounded Element" in the upstream issue and release notes. Chrome is architected as a multi-process browser: web content runs in a sandboxed, untrusted renderer process, while privileged operations and the trusted UI are handled by the browser process and mediated across privilege boundaries (Mojo/IPC and origin-based security checks). An authorization check in this component is performed incorrectly, so a renderer that has already been compromised - an explicit, stated prerequisite rather than an assumption - can issue requests that the browser process would otherwise reject, letting the attacker render or alter UI the page should not control and thereby spoof what the user sees. This is a post-compromise, defense-in-depth class bug rather than an entry point into the browser: the assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N vector captures the unauthenticated network delivery vector (PR:N) but reflects only low integrity impact (I:L), high attack complexity (AC:H), and the mandatory victim interaction (UI:R) needed to load and act on the crafted HTML page. Affected software is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, i.e., the Chrome desktop stable channel before the fixed release.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 4.2 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 3.1 LOW

UI spoofing is a deception/integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability loss; AC:H and UI:R reflect the renderer-compromise prerequisite and required user interaction, PR:N per Chrome's sandbox model.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat 6.5 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 07, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
4.2 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.2
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Incorrect authorization in Unbounded Element in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to spoof UI elements via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among 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

21
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +21
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Vendor StatusVendor

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