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4DescriptionNVD
Inappropriate implementation in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
UI spoofing in Google Chrome's Payments subsystem (versions prior to 149.0.7827.53) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to manipulate what the victim sees during a payment flow, achieving high-integrity impact by deceiving users into authorizing fraudulent transactions or submitting payment credentials to attacker-controlled surfaces. The attack requires the victim to visit a crafted HTML page and perform specific UI gestures, as confirmed by the CVSS UI:R designation. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score of 0.03% at the 11th percentile indicates minimal current exploitation activity despite the network-reachable attack vector.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in Chrome's Payments subsystem, specifically the browser's implementation of the Web Payment Request API - the mechanism that surfaces native browser-rendered payment UI dialogs to users during checkout flows. CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) identifies the root cause class: the implementation fails to sufficiently authenticate or validate the integrity of UI elements presented within the payment context, allowing a crafted HTML page to induce a spoofed representation. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms this affects all Chrome platform variants (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS) below the fixed version. Chromium's internal tracking references issue 493691489. The Chromium team rated this Medium severity, consistent with the NVD CVSS 6.5 score.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to upgrade Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch per the Google Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Enterprise administrators managing Chrome via Google Admin Console, Microsoft Intune, or other MDM platforms should push this update as a priority for any endpoints used in payment-related workflows. Where immediate patching is not feasible, a targeted compensating control is to disable the Payment Request API via Chrome enterprise policy (PaymentMethodQueryEnabled set to false or equivalent policy restriction) - this prevents the vulnerable payment UI from being invoked entirely, though it will break any legitimate in-browser payment flows relying on the native Payment Request API. There is no known workaround that preserves full payment functionality while mitigating the spoofing risk.
Same weakness CWE-290 – Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
View allSame technique Authentication Bypass
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SUSE
| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-34450
GHSA-4399-c2v8-9jhj