Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCompromise renderer via prior bug
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DeliveryDeliver crafted Chrome extension
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ExploitTrigger incorrect reference resolution
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ExecutionEscape browser sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on macOS host
Vulnerability Assessment
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Incorrectly specified target
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to have already compromised Chrome's renderer process (e.g. via a prior renderer RCE), and then deliver a specially crafted Chrome extension that abuses the Extensions subsystem's incorrect reference resolution to escape the sandbox. It is limited to the macOS (Mac) build of Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.79. Limiting factors: the prior renderer compromise is a hard prerequisite, CVSS marks high attack complexity (AC:H), user interaction is required (UI:R, consistent with loading/interacting with the malicious extension), and non-patched Mac installations only - these constraints make this a targeted second-stage chain rather than a standalone remote exploit. |
| Impact | This is a genuine high-severity sandbox escape in Google Chrome, but the signals point to meaningful real-world friction rather than mass-exploitable panic. The vendor CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 8.3) encodes high attack complexity (AC:H), required user interaction (UI:R), and a scope change (S:C) reflecting the escape from the renderer sandbox to the host - with total impact (C:H/I:H/A:H). Critically, the description states the attacker must have ALREADY compromised the renderer process, so this is a second-stage escape rather than a standalone initial-access bug; the PR:N rating is a CVSS modeling artifact (the prior compromise is captured via S:C/AC:H), not an indication of trivial unauthenticated access. SSVC reinforces a measured prioritization: Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, Technical Impact=total - i.e. severe consequence if exploited, but not currently exploited and not scalable to automated mass attacks. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC in the provided data, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' No EPSS score was provided, which is a data gap. Net: a real priority to patch given Chrome's ubiquity and total impact, but the compromised-renderer prerequisite, AC:H, and UI:R make opportunistic widespread exploitation unlikely in the near term. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has already exploited a separate flaw to gain code execution in Chrome's renderer process on macOS leverages a crafted Chrome extension that triggers incorrect reference resolution (CWE-706) to break out of the sandbox. The chained bug then yields arbitrary code execution at the higher-privileged browser level outside the sandbox. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, and the high attack complexity plus required user interaction limit casual exploitation. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on macOS lets an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox by delivering a crafted extension that abuses incorrect reference resolution in the Extensions subsystem, affecting all Mac builds prior to 155.0.8059.79. Google rates the issue High (Chromium severity: High) and has shipped a vendor fix, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, with the CISA SSVC assessment recording exploitation as none. The impact is total once the chain fires (Scope:Changed, C:H/I:H/A:H), but high attack complexity (AC:H), required user interaction (UI:R) and the hard prerequisite of a prior renderer compromise make this a targeted second-stage escalation rather than a standalone remote exploit.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome for macOS to 155.0.8059.79 or later, per the vendor advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01668083673.html); extended stable channel users should take the corresponding update (http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/extended-stable-update-for-desktop_0571684596.html). Vendor-released patch: 155.0.8059.79 - relaunch the browser so the update applies and confirm the build at chrome://version. Because the escape is only reachable from an already-compromised renderer, no single toggle eliminates the primitive, so pair patching with reduction of the delivery step: use enterprise extension policy (ExtensionSettings with ExtensionInstallBlocklist/ExtensionInstallAllowlist, plus ExtensionInstallSources) to permit only vetted extensions, and keep renderer hardening defaults in place - Site Isolation and the built-in macOS sandbox enabled, never launching with --no-sandbox. Trade-offs: strict extension allowlisting commonly breaks internal tooling and user workflows, and it only removes the crafted-extension delivery path rather than the underlying escape, while --no-sandbox is not a safe substitute for patching. Mac fleets that cannot update immediately should treat affected Chrome builds as untrusted for sensitive sessions; no vendor workaround is documented in the supplied references.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-706 (Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference): Chrome's Extensions subsystem resolves references without correctly validating or canonicalizing them, so a crafted extension can drive a reference to resolve to a higher-privilege target that lies outside the renderer sandbox boundary. The assigned vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H captures the mechanics precisely: the flaw is network-reachable and unauthenticated from the attacker's side (PR:N, so no credentials or privileges are needed to trigger it), but AC:H and UI:R reflect the need for a victim to load or interact with the malicious extension, and S:C plus total C/I/A reflects the fact that success crosses Chrome's renderer-to-browser security boundary. That boundary crossing is why the renderer compromise prerequisite matters: on its own the bug is an escape primitive that must be chained behind an initial renderer code execution, consistent with the supplied independent assessment. The flaw is scoped to the macOS desktop build only, is tracked as Chromium issue 561892119 (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/561892119), and was corrected in the stable channel build 155.0.8059.79.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Renderer pre-compromise and extension crafting raise AC:H; UI:R for extension interaction; sandbox escape gives S:C with total C/I/A; PR:N as the prerequisite is modeled via scope, not privileges.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Incorrect reference resolution in Extensions in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 155.0.8059.79 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome on macOS is affected by a high-severity sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2026-110156) that, if successfully exploited after an initial renderer compromise, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox, potentially leading to full system compromise. While no public exploit code exists and the attack requires prior compromise and user interaction, the availability of a vendor patch means organizations should prioritize updating all Mac endpoints to Chrome version 155.0.8059.79 or later to protect against this targeted second-stage escalation. Leadership should ensure Mac users are promptly patched, as the vulnerability could be leveraged in targeted attacks to escalate privileges and move laterally.
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