Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted HTML page
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ExploitPage invokes WebShare with malicious input
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ExecutionImproper input validation triggered
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ImpactArbitrary code executes in renderer sandbox
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-crafted HTML page in a vulnerable Chrome build (before 156.0.8078.47) that exercises the WebShare API - this user interaction (UI:R) is the primary limiting factor, as the attack cannot be triggered without the user visiting malicious content. No authentication is required (PR:N) and the attack is network-delivered (AV:N) against default Chrome installations. A critical limiting factor is sandbox containment: arbitrary code executes only inside the renderer sandbox, so real-world host compromise additionally depends on chaining a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability, which is not part of this CVE. |
| Impact | Multiple signals must be weighed carefully here. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.8) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw requiring only that a victim open a crafted HTML page - a classic drive-by browser profile. However, this directly conflicts with two tempering facts: (1) Google/Chromium rated the issue 'Medium' severity, and (2) the description explicitly states code executes 'inside the sandbox,' meaning the renderer sandbox still contains the attacker and a separate sandbox-escape chain would be needed for full host compromise. This is why scope is unchanged (S:U) - the 8.8 reflects full impact within the sandboxed renderer process, not system-level takeover. EPSS, KEV, and POC data were all absent from the input: there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this is not a confirmed active-exploitation priority. The 'RCE' tag is accurate but should be read as sandboxed-renderer RCE, not unrestricted host RCE. Net: a legitimately patch-worthy memory/validation flaw in a ubiquitously deployed browser, but the sandbox containment and absence of exploitation evidence place it below actively-exploited Chrome zero-days in urgency. Prioritize via normal Chrome patch cadence. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing malicious HTML that abuses the WebShare API's improper input validation. A victim running an unpatched Chrome (before 156.0.8078.47) visits the page, triggering the flaw and allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data; exploitation requires the user to visit the attacker-controlled page (UI:R), and the resulting code execution remains confined to the sandbox absent an additional escape. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Improper input validation in Chrome's WebShare component allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox in any build prior to 156.0.8078.47, triggered when a victim opens a crafted HTML page. The primary limiting factor is user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must navigate to attacker-controlled content - and the resulting code execution stays confined to the sandbox, so host compromise would additionally require chaining a separate sandbox-escape flaw that is outside this CVE. Chromium's own security team rates the issue Medium despite a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8; no public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and a vendor patch (156.0.8078.47) is available.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome to 156.0.8078.47 or later - the vendor-released patch - and restart the browser so the new binary is actually loaded, since Chrome can continue running an old version until relaunch. Confirm the applied build via chrome://version, and on managed fleets enforce automatic updates through Chrome Enterprise policies (e.g., auto-update/relaunch policies) so endpoints do not linger on vulnerable builds. Because exploitation needs the victim to open a crafted HTML page, interim risk reduction centers on reducing exposure to untrusted web content: restrict browsing to vetted sites for high-value users, and note that the renderer sandbox already limits the blast radius to sandboxed code execution rather than host compromise - disabling or weakening site isolation to troubleshoot other issues would remove that containment and should not be done. If the Web Share API is not needed in your environment, review your Chrome Enterprise policy template for a feature-control toggle covering it and validate the policy name against the specific Chrome version before relying on it, since unsupported policies are silently ignored. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, which lowers near-term urgency but does not change the patching recommendation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) in the WebShare functionality of Chromium's Blink rendering engine - the component backing the Web Share API surface exposed to web content. Because a web page can pass attacker-controlled data into this parsing/validation path, insufficient checks let malformed input corrupt expected state and, under the right conditions, give the renderer process a primitive for arbitrary code execution. Chrome's multi-process architecture is the decisive containment layer here: any code that runs does so with the restricted privileges of the renderer sandbox, which is why Chromium assigns an internal severity of Medium while the generic CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) computes to 8.8 - the vector scores the sandboxed code execution, not host-level compromise. The vector confirms the attack is network-delivered and requires no credentials (PR:N) but does require the victim to load the crafted page (UI:R). No CPE strings were supplied in the source data; the vendor advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com and the restricted Chromium issue tracker entry (issues.chromium.org/issues/501531546) carry the authoritative component and credit details, and EUVD-2026-105514 mirrors the affected-version range.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network drive-by via crafted page gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R; code execution grants full renderer-process C/I/A but sandbox containment keeps scope unchanged (S:U).
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CVSS VectorVendor: google
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Improper input validation in WebShare in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome builds prior to 156.0.8078.47 carry an input-validation flaw in the WebShare component that lets an attacker who lures a user to a crafted web page run code inside the browser's renderer sandbox. Any employee using an unpatched Chrome installation is a potential target, though the malicious code remains contained by the sandbox and full host compromise would require an additional, separate escape vulnerability. Leadership should care because Chrome is ubiquitous across the workforce, remediation is a routine version update, and the residual risk is largely a function of how quickly the browser fleet is brought to the fixed release.
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Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-105514
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