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 improper input validation in Permissions
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ExecutionEscape renderer sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on host
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
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 use a Chrome desktop build prior to 156.0.8078.47 and to actively visit or load an attacker-controlled crafted HTML page (UI:R), making user interaction the primary limiting factor - there is no drive-by-without-navigation vector indicated. The flaw resides specifically in Chrome's Permissions handling and manifests as improper input validation; successful exploitation chains to code execution outside the sandbox. No authentication is required (PR:N), and no non-default configuration is named in the description, so default Chrome installations on the affected versions are in scope. The main constraints on real-world exploitation are the need for user navigation to malicious content and the up-to-date patch status of the target. |
| Impact | Signals are mixed and warrant careful interpretation. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) yields 9.6 Critical, driven by network reach, low complexity, no privileges, and a scope change reflecting a sandbox escape with full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact. However, the only required interaction is a user visiting a crafted HTML page (UI:R), and Google's own Chromium security team rated this 'Medium' severity - a notable discrepancy between the calculated CVSS score and the vendor's internal triage, suggesting the practical exploitability or impact may be more constrained than 9.6 implies. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, SSVC decision data, or public POC is present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Net assessment: patch promptly because Chrome is ubiquitous and sandbox escapes are serious, but the absence of exploitation signals plus the vendor's Medium rating means this is likely a priority-to-patch-in-cycle issue rather than an emergency zero-day; treat the 9.6 as a theoretical upper bound pending real-world exploitation evidence. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted content that abuses improper input validation in Chrome's Permissions component. When a victim using a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 156.0.8078.47) visits the page, the flaw can be leveraged to execute code outside the renderer sandbox. No public proof-of-concept is identified in the available data, and the attack requires the user to navigate to the malicious page. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Improper input validation in Google Chrome's Permissions handling lets a remote attacker who persuades a victim to load a crafted HTML page execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox on desktop builds prior to 156.0.8078.47. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 9.6) reflects unauthenticated remote reach and a scope change, meaning the impact escapes the browser process boundary, although the Chromium project itself rates the flaw as Medium severity. Google shipped a fix in the 156.0.8078.47 stable channel release; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, so the primary exposure is unpatched desktop users who can be lured into visiting attacker-controlled content.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 156.0.8078.47 or later, distributed through the stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html; confirm the installed build via chrome://version and restart the browser so the new binary is actually loaded, since pending updates do not take effect until restart. For fleets, push the update through Google Update / the enterprise update policy (UpdateDefault, AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes) rather than relying on user-initiated updates, and verify third-party Chromium-based browsers have rebased to an equivalent engine version before treating them as remediated. If patching must be staged, compensating controls include enforcing a URL allowlist or blocking uncategorized domains for high-risk user groups, which measurably reduces exposure to a lure-based exploit but breaks general web browsing and should be scoped to a pilot group; running Chrome in a hardened or throwaway container/VM to contain a sandbox escape, at the cost of reduced usability and lost local state; and disabling unneeded permission prompts via DefaultGeolocationSetting, DefaultNotificationsSetting and DefaultMediaStreamSetting policies, which shrinks the attack surface of the Permissions component but does not eliminate the underlying validation defect and can break business applications that legitimately need those capabilities. None of these substitutes for applying 156.0.8078.47.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and resides in Chrome's Permissions subsystem, the component that mediates requests for capabilities such as geolocation, camera/microphone access, notifications and clipboard access, and the code paths that service those requests across Chrome's multi-process architecture. Chrome renders untrusted web content in sandboxed renderer processes and brokers privileged operations to the browser process through Mojo IPC interfaces; the Permissions component sits precisely on that boundary. Because untrusted input reaching this layer was not adequately validated before being acted upon, the assessed impact is a sandbox escape rather than a simple renderer compromise - the S:C scope change in the vector signals that a successful chain affects resources beyond the vulnerable component (the host operating system) rather than being contained within it. The CVSS 9.6 score and the Chromium project's own Medium rating diverge sharply, a common pattern for sandbox-escape bugs where the vendor weighs the deep prerequisite chain (crafted page plus user interaction plus a multi-stage exploit) more heavily than the raw score does. The associated Chromium issue tracker entry is access-restricted, so root-cause specifics are not public, and no CWE or CPE details beyond the affected version range were provided in the intelligence feed.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted page with no privileges but required user navigation (UI:R); sandbox escape crosses a trust boundary (S:C) enabling full host code execution, hence C/I/A:H.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Improper input validation in Permissions 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
Google Chrome desktop builds prior to 156.0.8078.47 contain a critical Permissions input-validation flaw that can allow an attacker to execute code outside the browser sandbox after luring a user to a crafted HTML page. Because Chrome is widely deployed across the organization, leadership should prioritize confirming version coverage and reducing exposure for users who browse untrusted content. No public exploit or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, but the sandbox escape potential makes unpatched endpoints a material operational risk.
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-105584
GHSA-c59x-x6g2-6xf3
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