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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ExploitDeliver malicious content to Passwords component
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ExecutionTrigger memory corruption (CWE-119)
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code in renderer sandbox
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
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 a victim using Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 to load attacker-controlled HTML content that exercises the vulnerable 'Passwords' component (UI:R - the user must actively visit or render the crafted page; this is the primary limiting factor). No authentication or prior privileges are required (PR:N). A critical limiting factor is that, per the vendor description, the resulting arbitrary code execution is confined to the browser sandbox - converting this into full host compromise requires chaining a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability, not provided here. Patched builds (156.0.8078.47 and later) are not affected. |
| 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, score 8.8 High) indicates a network-reachable, unauthenticated flaw requiring only that a user open a crafted page, with full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact. However, this HIGH rating conflicts sharply with the description's two key qualifiers: Google/Chromium rated the severity 'Low', and the code execution is explicitly confined 'inside the sandbox' - meaning the attacker gains renderer-process compromise, not full host takeover, unless chained with a separate sandbox-escape bug. This containment materially reduces real-world impact versus what the 8.8 score alone implies. No EPSS score, SSVC decision data, KEV listing, or POC was provided; exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Chromium memory-corruption renderer bugs are frequently hardened by the browser's multi-process sandbox and are non-trivial to weaponize into full RCE. Net assessment: patch promptly because Chrome is ubiquitous and UI:R (a single malicious page view) is a low bar, but this is not a drop-everything emergency in isolation - the Low Chromium rating, sandbox confinement, and absence of any exploitation evidence suggest moderate rather than critical real-world priority. Verify the sandbox-containment caveat against the vendor advisory before deprioritizing. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker hosts a malicious web page (or injects crafted content into a compromised/ad-served frame) that triggers the memory-corruption flaw in Chrome's Passwords component when a victim browses to it. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must load the page - but no authentication. Per the description, successful exploitation yields arbitrary code execution confined to the renderer sandbox; a full host compromise would require chaining an additional sandbox-escape vulnerability. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Memory corruption in Google Chrome's Passwords component before 156.0.8078.47 lets remote attackers achieve arbitrary code execution inside the browser sandbox when a victim renders a crafted HTML page. The CVSS 3.1 vector is 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, but Chromium rates the issue Low and the code execution is sandbox-confined; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 156.0.8078.47 (or later). Update through Chrome's Stable Channel auto-update or deploy the fixed build via enterprise management, then verify the browser version reports 156.0.8078.47 or higher. See the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html and Chromium issue https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562994234. If the update cannot be applied immediately, reduce exposure by preventing users from rendering untrusted HTML in vulnerable Chrome instances and consider disabling the password-manager component via enterprise policy; these are compensating measures only, may disrupt password autofill/save workflows, and do not remove the underlying memory-corruption flaw.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-119 covers improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer, a class that includes buffer overflows and related memory-corruption conditions. Here the flaw resides in Chrome's Passwords component, which supports password-manager functionality, and a crafted HTML page can trigger the corruption when rendered by a vulnerable Chrome build. The CVSS vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction, with high C/I/A impact. The vendor description states the resulting arbitrary code execution is inside the browser sandbox, so full host compromise would require chaining a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability. Affected builds are Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47; EUVD lists Chrome 156.0.8078.47 as the affected-version boundary, and the Chrome Releases advisory plus Chromium issue 562994234 are the primary references. No CPE data was supplied.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered crafted page with no auth gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N; a user must open the page (UI:R); renderer-sandbox RCE keeps scope unchanged (S:U) with high process-level C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Memory corruption in Passwords in Google Chrome 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: Low)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome's built-in Passwords component contains a memory-corruption flaw that a malicious web page could leverage to run attacker code on any employee workstation browsing with an unpatched browser. Because the compromise is limited to Chrome's sandbox and no public exploit has been identified, the practical risk is contained; however, Chrome is the default browser for most of the workforce, and a single crafted page visit is enough to trigger the flaw, so exposure scales with headcount rather than with any targeted campaign. Leadership should care because the affected population is effectively the entire user base, and remediation is a routine browser update rather than a costly engineering effort.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-105755
GHSA-7c9c-ppxx-66c3
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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