Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to malicious website
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ExploitServe crafted HTML page
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ExecutionAbuse Ozone access-control flaw
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ImpactLeak sensitive cross-context information
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to use a Chrome desktop build prior to 156.0.8078.47 and to actively load attacker-controlled HTML content (UI:R), so it cannot be triggered silently or server-side - the victim must visit or be redirected to the crafted page. No authentication is required (PR:N) and no special non-default Chrome configuration is indicated by the description; the flaw resides in the Ozone component (Chrome's platform windowing/graphics abstraction), which is part of the standard desktop build. The primary limiting factors are the required user interaction (browsing to the malicious page) and the patched version boundary; impact is limited to disclosure of sensitive information with no integrity or availability effect. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) improper access control flaw (CWE-284) in Chrome's Ozone component, confirmed and patched by Google/Chromium. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack that requires user interaction and yields a pure confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect - consistent with the description of leaking sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization; the severity is driven by Chrome's enormous install base rather than by an urgent exploitation signal. Chromium's own rating of 'Medium' aligns with the C-only impact and the user-interaction requirement, suggesting this is a patch-on-normal-cycle browser bug rather than an emergency. One data inconsistency to verify: the input Tags include 'Authentication Bypass,' but the description and CWE-284 describe an access-control information leak, not an authentication bypass - treat the tag as unreliable. Overall, prioritize via standard browser patch management; this is not currently a high-urgency, actively-exploited threat based on available signals. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or injects a crafted HTML page and lures a victim running a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 156.0.8078.47) into visiting it. When the page renders, it abuses the improper access control in the Ozone layer to read sensitive information the origin should not have access to. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, and successful exploitation depends on the victim actually loading the malicious page. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Improper access control in Chrome's Ozone platform windowing/graphics layer (CWE-284) allows a remote attacker to leak sensitive browser information by getting a victim to load a crafted HTML page. All desktop Chrome builds prior to 156.0.8078.47 are affected and require user interaction (UI:R) with no authentication (PR:N), yielding confidentiality-only impact (C:H/I:N/A:N) for a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5. Google confirmed and patched the issue in the 156.0.8078.47 stable channel release; no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is associated with the CVE at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome desktop to 156.0.8078.47 or later via the stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html, and confirm the build number in chrome://version after the update; managed fleets should push the version through their standard update channel and verify compliance. Because exploitation requires the victim to load crafted HTML (UI:R) and no exploit code or KEV listing is known, the interim risk is moderate, but until patching completes administrators can reduce exposure by enforcing the browser's built-in safe-browsing/phishing protections and blocking untrusted sites at the web proxy - noting these are detective/preventive best-effort controls with false-negative risk, not a fix for the underlying access-control flaw - and by restricting high-value browsing to a separate hardened browser profile so leaked data is less valuable, at the cost of user workflow friction. Details of the underlying defect are visible in https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562237117, and access may be restricted while the bug remains embargoed.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Ozone is Chromium's cross-platform abstraction layer for windowing systems, input handling, and display/graphics backends - it sits between the browser's content layer and the host OS's native window manager (X11, Wayland, Windows, etc.). CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) indicates that an access or privilege boundary within this platform-integration layer failed to properly constrain what a web-origin context could reach or observe, letting a crafted HTML page read data that should have been isolated from it. Because the vulnerable component is part of the standard desktop build rather than an optional service, no special Chrome configuration is needed to reach the flaw; the meaningful barrier is the required user interaction, since the victim must actually navigate to or be redirected to attacker-controlled HTML. The CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N vector confirms a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack that compromises confidentiality only, with no scope change, integrity, or availability effect. Chromium rated the issue Medium severity.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Remote crafted web page reachable over the network with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but requiring the victim to load it (UI:R); pure information disclosure sets C:H, I:N, A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Improper access control in Ozone in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-105667
GHSA-r7c2-vm69-4vxc
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