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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ExploitTrigger use-after-free in Notifications
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ExecutionExecute arbitrary code within renderer sandbox
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ImpactExfiltrate browser data / stage sandbox escape
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that a user of Chrome for Android on a version earlier than 156.0.8078.47 actively load attacker-controlled web content that exercises the Notifications component to trigger the use-after-free (UI:R - user interaction is mandatory). No authentication is required (PR:N) and no non-default configuration is indicated - the Notifications subsystem is a standard browser feature. The key limiting factors are: (1) mandatory victim interaction (visiting/rendering the malicious page), (2) the resulting code execution is confined to the renderer sandbox (S:U), so a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability is needed before host-level compromise is possible, and (3) only Android builds prior to 156.0.8078.47 are affected, so patched or auto-updated devices are not exploitable. |
| Impact | This is a genuine medium-to-high priority issue, though not an emergency on current signals. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U) describes a low-complexity, network-reachable, unauthenticated attack that requires only that the victim visit a crafted HTML page - a trivially satisfied condition for a web browser. The 8.8 base score with C:H/I:H/A:H is driven by arbitrary code execution, but a critical mitigating fact appears in the description and not in the raw score: execution is confined 'inside the sandbox' (consistent with S:U, Scope Unchanged), so this alone does not yield host compromise and would need to be chained with a sandbox-escape bug to become a full device takeover. Note the tension between signals: the raw CVSS is 8.8 (High) while Google's own Chromium severity rating is only 'Medium,' precisely because of the sandbox containment - defenders should weight the Chromium 'Medium' rating here. Exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis': there is no CISA KEV listing and no POC referenced. EPSS is not provided in the input, so exploitation-probability cannot be quantified; SSVC inputs (automatable, exploitation status) are likewise absent. Use-after-free in a browser is historically a heavily weaponized bug class, so the latent risk is real, but on the evidence provided this is a patch-on-normal-cadence item rather than a confirmed active threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page (or injects malicious content into a page/ad the victim already trusts) that abuses the Notifications component on Chrome for Android to trigger a use-after-free. When an Android user with a vulnerable Chrome build (before 156.0.8078.47) loads the page, the dangling pointer is exploited to run attacker-controlled code within the renderer sandbox, enabling theft of in-browser data and setting up a chain toward a sandbox escape. No public exploit or POC is referenced in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Google Chrome for Android before 156.0.8078.47 contains a use-after-free in the Notifications component that permits a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox when a victim loads a crafted HTML page. Exploitation requires the user to visit and interact with attacker-controlled content (UI:R), and any resulting code execution stays inside the browser sandbox (S:U), so a separate sandbox-escape bug is needed for host compromise. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis; Google has released a vendor patch in the stable channel.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome for Android to 156.0.8078.47 or later via the Play Store or the Chrome stable channel advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html); confirm the installed version in Chrome settings and verify that Play Store auto-update is enabled so the fix lands without user action. If immediate upgrade of a managed fleet is not possible, compensating controls include disabling or restricting the Notifications web API and site notification prompts via enterprise policy (DefaultNotificationsSetting set to block), which prevents pages from reaching the vulnerable notification lifecycle paths but degrades legitimate notification functionality for users; alternatively, restrict browsing to trusted sites through URL allowlisting, which reduces exposure at the cost of usability. Because exploitation requires the victim to render attacker-controlled content, phishing-resistant browsing controls and prompt patching of any follow-on sandbox-escape issues further reduce residual risk. No vendor workaround substitutes for applying 156.0.8078.47.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The defect is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chrome's Notifications subsystem, which manages notification permissions, notification objects, and their lifecycle bindings across the browser/renderer boundary on Android. When a page interacts with the Notifications API in a way that frees a notification-related object while a reference to it is still held, the dangling reference can be reused, giving an attacker controlled heap manipulation opportunities that can escalate to arbitrary code execution inside the renderer process. Per the CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and the independent assessment, no privileges or non-default configuration are required, but the victim must actively load malicious web content, and the sandbox boundary confines the impact. Chromium rates the issue as Medium security severity despite the 8.8 base score, reflecting the mandatory user interaction and the sandbox restriction.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable crafted page with low complexity and no auth (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but mandatory page visit (UI:R); sandbox-contained code execution keeps scope unchanged (S:U) with high renderer-process C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in Notifications in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome for Android has a high-severity browser flaw that can let a malicious webpage run code inside the browser sandbox if a user interacts with it. Vendor-released patch: 156.0.8078.47, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Leadership should care because unpatched Android browsers are widely deployed and a successful compromise could affect user trust and trigger incident response, although the sandbox limits host-level damage.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.
Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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EUVD-2026-105562
GHSA-q28r-j26f-qpwh
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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