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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: google
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 Dawn in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 149.0.7827.103 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 and ChromeOS on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page abusing the Dawn (WebGPU) component. Chromium rates the severity High, and while no public exploit identified at time of analysis, sandbox-escape bugs in Dawn are historically chained with renderer RCE bugs in exploit chains. The CVSS 8.3 score reflects the high attack complexity and required user interaction, but the scope change (S:C) signals a meaningful trust-boundary break.
Technical ContextAI
Dawn is Chromium's open-source implementation of the WebGPU standard, providing a cross-platform abstraction over native GPU APIs (Vulkan on Linux/ChromeOS). It runs partially in the GPU process, which sits outside the renderer sandbox and has broader privileges. The root cause is CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation): Dawn fails to sufficiently validate data received from a compromised renderer, allowing crafted input across the IPC boundary to corrupt state in the more-privileged GPU process. Affected CPE space covers Chrome and ChromeOS builds prior to 149.0.7827.103 on Linux platforms specifically.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome 149.0.7827.103 on Linux and the corresponding ChromeOS stable-channel build - upgrade immediately per the Chrome Releases advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0153744567.html). For managed fleets, push the update via enterprise policy and verify the browser version post-deployment; ChromeOS devices should receive the update automatically but admins should confirm the rollout has reached all channels. As a temporary compensating control on unpatched endpoints, WebGPU/Dawn can be disabled by setting the enterprise policy 'DefaultWebGpuSetting' to blocked or launching with --disable-features=WebGPU, which removes the attack surface entirely at the cost of breaking WebGPU-dependent sites (currently a small but growing set including some 3D and ML web apps). Restricting users to vetted sites via SafeSites or proxy policies further reduces the chance of encountering the malicious HTML required to trigger the bug.
Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-35276
GHSA-68c4-77cf-437j