Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessLure victim to crafted HTML page
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DeliveryExploit prior renderer bug for foothold
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ExploitTrigger use-after-release in FontAccess
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ExecutionBypass web origin policy
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ImpactAccess cross-origin data
Vulnerability Assessment
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Operation on resource after expiration or release
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the attacker has ALREADY compromised the renderer process (a prior-stage exploit is a hard prerequisite per the description), plus user interaction - the victim must load the attacker's crafted HTML page (UI:R). The weakness is specific to Chrome's FontAccess feature and a use-after-release (CWE-672) condition within it. These factors substantially limit real-world risk: this is not a standalone remote entry point but a cross-origin boundary bypass usable only after an initial foothold, and it affects Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39 on default desktop configurations. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity, defense-in-depth issue rather than a top priority. The official CVSS is 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N), but Chromium itself rated the security severity as Low, and the EPSS score is only 0.31% (22nd percentile), consistent with no observed exploitation interest. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Critically, the CVSS vector and the description conflict on the true barrier to exploitation: the vector shows PR:N (no privileges), but the description explicitly states the attacker must have ALREADY compromised the renderer process - this is a second-stage sandbox/origin-boundary weakness, not a standalone remote entry point, so the PR:N rating understates the real prerequisite and the AC:L rating is arguably too low. The SSVC framework is not provided in the input. Net assessment: real but low operational priority - it is only reachable after an attacker already holds a foothold in the renderer, and it yields origin-policy bypass rather than code execution; verify the chaining prerequisite against Google's advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has already exploited a separate renderer bug (e.g., via a malicious or compromised web page the victim visits) leverages a use-after-release condition in Chrome's FontAccess implementation to bypass the same-origin/web-origin policy. By serving a crafted HTML page, the attacker manipulates a released FontAccess resource to access or affect data belonging to another web origin. No public proof-of-concept is identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires a pre-existing renderer compromise plus user interaction (visiting the page). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Use-after-release in Google Chrome's FontAccess (Local Font Access API) lets an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process bypass web origin policy by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page in Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39. Successful exploitation yields no confidentiality loss but a high integrity impact, as the attacker can subvert origin boundaries from inside an already-broken renderer; the required renderer compromise is a hard prerequisite and makes this a defense-in-depth, medium-severity issue rather than a standalone remote entry point. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is low at 0.31% (22nd percentile), and Google has released a fixed build. The CVSS vector shows PR:N/UI:R, meaning unauthenticated attackers are relevant but victim interaction (loading the page) is mandatory; our own assessment rates attack complexity as High rather than Low given the prerequisite renderer foothold.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Google Chrome 155.0.8059.39 or later - this is the vendor-released patched version referenced by the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html; because Chrome auto-updates, confirm the version under chrome://settings/help and fully restart the browser so the old binary is no longer running. There is no fix to apply beyond upgrading the browser itself, and no server-side component can be patched. As a compensating control for environments that cannot patch immediately, administrators can block or restrict the Local Fonts permission via Chrome's enterprise policy for local font access (DefaultLocalFontsSetting set to block), which prevents the FontAccess code path from ever being reached by web content; the trade-off is that legitimate web applications relying on font enumeration, such as design and document tools, will break, and this control is worth applying only where those apps are not needed. Leaving site isolation enabled is important but does not itself mitigate this bug, since the flaw is premised on an already-compromised renderer, so treat patching as the only real fix and prioritize it by exposure to untrusted or attacker-influenced web content rather than by raw CVSS score.
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The vulnerable component is FontAccess, the browser-side implementation of the Local Font Access API, which lets web content enumerate and read locally installed font data through a permission prompt. The weakness class is CWE-672 (operation on a resource after expiration or release): an object backing the font-access path is used after it has been freed, so a renderer that is already controlled can drive the stale reference to return data or state belonging to a different origin. Because Chrome's security model assumes the renderer may be hostile and relies on the browser process plus site isolation to enforce origin policy, this bug represents a sandbox-model violation of that boundary - the renderer compromise is the prior-stage exploit, and this flaw converts that foothold into a cross-origin bypass. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the whole Chrome desktop line below the fixed build is in scope; tags classify the outcome as an Authentication Bypass. Note the discrepancy between the published vector (AC:L) and our assessment (AC:H), which is driven by the prerequisite renderer compromise plus user interaction.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Requires a pre-existing renderer compromise before the bug is reachable, so AC:H; remotely delivered via crafted page with victim interaction (UI:R); origin-policy bypass affects integrity (I:H), not confidentiality or availability.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Use of released resource in FontAccess in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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