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Google Chrome CVE-2026-113211

| EUVDEUVD-2026-105498 CRITICAL
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-10-20 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-v3wh-5r33-whfr
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: google
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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. Delivery
    Page registers/invokes malicious ServiceWorker
  3. Exploit
    Trigger memory corruption (CWE-119)
  4. Execution
    Escape renderer sandbox
  5. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code on host

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled crafted HTML in a vulnerable Google Chrome build prior to 156.0.8078.47, exercising the ServiceWorker code path - user interaction is mandatory (CVSS UI:R), so there is no silent/zero-click or server-side exposure. No authentication or special privileges are needed on the target (PR:N), and default Chrome configurations are affected since ServiceWorker is a standard web-platform feature. The primary limiting factor is that a user must be induced to visit a malicious or compromised page; patched builds (156.0.8078.47 and later) are not exploitable.

Impact

Conflicting severity signals dominate this assessment. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) yields a Critical 9.6, driven by network vector, no privileges, and a scope change reflecting the 'outside the sandbox' sandbox escape - yet Google's own Chromium rating is explicitly 'Medium', a notable discrepancy that should be reconciled with the vendor before treating the 9.6 as definitive. On real-world signals, there is no EPSS score provided, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC in the input, so exploitation is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'. The single mitigating factor is UI:R - a victim must visit a crafted HTML page - which reduces this from wormable to drive-by/social-engineering territory. Because this is a browser sandbox escape in ubiquitous software with a patch already shipped, it is a genuine patch-now priority despite the absence of confirmed exploitation; browser memory-corruption bugs are routinely weaponized post-disclosure. Net: high priority on prevalence and impact, but current active-exploitation risk is unconfirmed and the vendor/NVD severity disagreement should be flagged to stakeholders.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted HTML that triggers the ServiceWorker memory-corruption flaw, then lures a victim to visit it via phishing, malvertising, or a watering-hole site. When the page loads in a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 156.0.8078.47), the corruption is leveraged to execute arbitrary code outside the renderer sandbox. No public exploit code is identified in the provided data, so this scenario is inferred from the CVSS vector and description.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Memory corruption in Google Chrome's ServiceWorker implementation before 156.0.8078.47 can allow a remote attacker who persuades a user to load crafted HTML to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox. The flaw needs no target credentials but requires user interaction (UI:R) and affects default Chrome configurations; CVSS 3.1 scores it 9.6 due to scope change and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and exploitation status is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 156.0.8078.47 or later, then restart the browser and confirm the version via chrome://version; enable automatic updates where possible and use the vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html plus the issue tracker at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/498828493 for tracking. No supported Chrome setting cleanly disables ServiceWorker without breaking sites, so if immediate patching is not possible, restrict high-risk browsing to trusted sites, block untrusted HTML and JavaScript through enterprise content filtering or browser isolation, and accept reduced functionality as the trade-off; Site Isolation is defense-in-depth only and does not substitute for the fixed build.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 156.0.8078.47 <156.0.8078.47

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 156.0.8078.47

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

ServiceWorker is a standard Chrome web-platform API that runs background scripts for web applications, and this issue is rooted in CWE-119, improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer, in that code path. A crafted HTML page can trigger the memory corruption, and the CVSS S:C scope change reflects impact beyond the vulnerable component, consistent with the description's potential code execution outside the sandbox. Default configurations are in scope because ServiceWorker is a standard web-platform feature; the Chromium project rates the issue Medium, whereas the 9.6 CVSS reflects the UI:R prerequisite offset by high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No CPE strings were provided, but EUVD identifies Chrome builds before 156.0.8078.47.

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Severity by source

Vendor (google) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Remote crafted page with no privileges (AV:N/PR:N) but mandatory victim interaction (UI:R); sandbox escape justifies S:C with full code-execution impact (C/I/A:H).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 01:23 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Oct 20, 2026 - 23:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 20, 2026 - 22:19 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Memory corruption in ServiceWorker in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A critical Google Chrome flaw exposed through ordinary web browsing could allow a crafted page to break out of the browser sandbox and execute code on affected endpoints, putting standard user workstations and the data they can access at risk. Because Chrome is widely deployed and the flaw affects default configurations, leadership should treat fleet-wide upgrade to 156.0.8078.47 as a time-sensitive operational priority, while noting no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed desktop browsers worldwide
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

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