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Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Glic in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Cross-origin data leakage in the Glic component of Google Chrome (prior to 149.0.7827.53) can be triggered by a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process, using a crafted HTML page to exfiltrate sensitive cross-origin content. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) reflects high confidentiality impact but masks the realistic complexity: renderer compromise is an explicit prerequisite, making this a chained exploit rather than a standalone attack. No active exploitation has been confirmed (CISA KEV absent, SSVC exploitation=none, EPSS 0.05% at 15th percentile), and a vendor-released patch is available.
Technical ContextAI
Glic is an internal component of Google Chrome's browser architecture. CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) identifies the root cause as insufficient sanitization or validation of untrusted input originating from the renderer process before it is acted upon in a more privileged context. In Chromium's multi-process model, the renderer is intentionally sandboxed, but this vulnerability exploits the communication boundary between a compromised renderer and the browser process or cross-origin data handling layer. The affected version range is all Chrome releases below 149.0.7827.53. Because the CVE requires a pre-compromised renderer, this flaw is architecturally significant as a second-stage primitive in a full browser exploit chain - it enables a renderer-level attacker to escalate their information access to cross-origin data that the same-origin policy would otherwise block.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to update Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later, which includes the vendor-released fix for this vulnerability as confirmed by the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Chrome's auto-update mechanism will deliver this fix to most desktop users automatically; administrators managing enterprise deployments should verify policy-based update enforcement is active. No workarounds are documented in the available references. Since exploitation requires a pre-compromised renderer process, organizations relying on Chrome's built-in sandbox hardening (e.g., enabling strict site isolation via --site-per-process, which is default in modern Chrome) already reduce the attack surface for renderer-level exploits that would be prerequisites to this vulnerability. Disabling JavaScript is an extreme compensating control that would prevent renderer compromise but carries significant usability trade-offs and is not recommended as a practical mitigation.
Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
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SUSE
Severity: Medium| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-34476
GHSA-j7pv-p79r-74j5