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Google Chrome CVE-2026-13988

| EUVDEUVD-2026-40676 MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2026-06-30 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-r2vg-p5p5-74fm
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: google
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Severity by source

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

Network-delivered via crafted page requiring no attacker privileges (PR:N), victim must visit URL (UI:R); integrity-only impact as UI spoofing deceives but does not leak data or crash.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Jul 22, 2026 - 19:42 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 30, 2026 - 23:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 30, 2026 - 23:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Inappropriate implementation in Paint in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

AnalysisAI

UI spoofing in Google Chrome's Paint rendering component (all desktop versions prior to 150.0.7871.47) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to misrepresent critical browser interface information by directing a victim to a crafted HTML page. The flaw, rooted in CWE-451 (UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information), enables manipulation of rendered content to deceive users about page origin, security indicators, or trusted UI chrome. EPSS is very low at 0.17% (7th percentile), SSVC confirms no current exploitation, and the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, making this a medium-priority patch-and-monitor item rather than an emergency despite the CVSS 6.5 rating.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability resides in the Paint subsystem of Google Chrome - the component responsible for compositing and rendering web content to the screen. CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information) describes a class of flaw where the browser's rendering pipeline fails to correctly distinguish or visually isolate trusted UI elements from attacker-controlled content, allowing crafted HTML or CSS to overlay, obscure, or mimic browser chrome such as address bars, lock icons, or permission dialogs. This is a known attack surface in browser rendering engines: painting and compositing layers can sometimes be manipulated to produce visually convincing but deceptive outputs. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* for all desktop builds prior to version 150.0.7871.47. The SUSE tag in the intelligence data indicates that downstream Linux distribution packages of Chrome are also in scope and require independent update tracking.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to upgrade Google Chrome to version 150.0.7871.47 or later, as released in Google's Stable Channel Update documented at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html. Chrome's built-in auto-update mechanism will deliver this to most consumer desktop users automatically; enterprise administrators should verify fleet compliance using Chrome Browser Cloud Management or a comparable endpoint management platform and enforce the minimum version policy accordingly. SUSE Linux administrators should monitor SUSE security channels for distribution-specific package updates, as upstream release timing may diverge from Google's direct builds. As a compensating control before patching, user awareness training to manually verify URL bar content and avoid clicking unsolicited links provides marginal risk reduction; however, because the flaw's effect is specifically to undermine visual trust indicators, this is not a reliable standalone mitigation and carries the trade-off of relying on user vigilance against a technically sophisticated visual deception. No configuration-level workaround is available that eliminates the vulnerability without upgrading.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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