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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.53 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page exploiting insufficient input validation in the Media component. Google rates the Chromium security severity as High, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Successful exploitation requires chaining with a separate renderer compromise plus user interaction, raising attack complexity but yielding full host-level impact if achieved.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw resides in Chrome's Media subsystem, which handles audio/video decoding, MediaStream, and related HTML5 media APIs exposed to web content. CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) indicates the Media component fails to adequately sanitize or bounds-check untrusted data crossing the renderer-to-broker/GPU process boundary, which the Chromium sandbox architecture relies on to confine compromised renderers. By feeding malformed media data through this IPC path, an attacker already executing code in the lower-privileged renderer can influence a higher-privileged Chrome process and break the sandbox boundary that normally isolates web content from the host OS.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53. Update Chrome to 149.0.7827.53 or later on all desktop platforms via the stable-channel update documented at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html, and verify by navigating to chrome://settings/help to force the relaunch. Enterprises managing Chrome via policy should push the update through Google Update / Chrome Browser Cloud Management and audit fleet versions. For Chromium-derived browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera, Electron-based apps), apply vendor updates that incorporate the Chromium 149.0.7827.53 merge as soon as they ship. As a compensating control until patching, enterprises can enforce Site Isolation and SitePerProcess (already default but verify via policy), restrict media autoplay and MediaStream permissions via SitePermissionsAllowedForUrls / AutoplayAllowed=Disabled, and consider temporarily blocking untrusted external browsing via proxy/URL allowlists - accepting the usability cost of broken video/audio on legitimate sites; these do not fully neutralize the bug but reduce drive-by exposure.
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Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
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Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-34366
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