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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-50934

| CVE-2026-18008 MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-8f3w-7pcr-g8rx
Medium
Disputed · 4.3 Vendor: Chrome
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Attain man-in-the-middle or malicious server position
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted malicious network response
  3. Exploit
    Chrome Settings renders spoofed UI element
  4. Execution
    User interacts with falsified interface
  5. Impact
    Attacker achieves low-impact UI integrity manipulation

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security UI security representation
Exploitation Conditions

The victim must be running Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72, and user interaction is required (UI:R per CVSS vector) - the spoofing effect manifests through the Settings interface, meaning the user must navigate to or open Settings during the attack window. The attacker must be able to influence network traffic reaching the victim's browser, implying a man-in-the-middle position, control of a network the victim is using, or a malicious server the browser is communicating with. Exploitation is not automatable per SSVC, confirming that reliable triggering requires deliberate user interaction rather than passive browser activity. No authentication is required of the attacker (PR:N), but the combination of required user interaction and network positioning limits opportunistic mass exploitation. Impact is strictly limited to UI integrity misrepresentation (I:L); no code execution, credential theft, or availability disruption is implied by available data.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) captures a network-accessible vector (AV:N) with no privilege requirement (PR:N) but mandates user interaction (UI:R), ruling out automated mass exploitation. Impact is limited to low integrity (I:L) - no confidentiality or availability consequences are implied. EPSS at 0.15% (5th percentile) strongly corroborates minimal exploitation activity, and SSVC independently rates automatable:no and technical impact:partial. The vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV. Notably, the intelligence tags include 'Information Disclosure,' which conflicts with the CVSS C:N metric - this discrepancy is unexplained by available data and may reflect a tagging imprecision or an indirect leakage scenario not reflected in the base score. Combined signals uniformly indicate this is a theoretical risk suitable for normal patch cadence, not emergency response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker positioned to deliver malicious network traffic to a victim - such as through a rogue Wi-Fi access point, DNS hijacking, or a malicious web server - sends a crafted response that causes Chrome's Settings interface to render spoofed UI elements, potentially misleading the user into believing a security setting is active or a permission has been granted when it has not. The attack requires the user to interact with Chrome and encounter the manipulated Settings view (UI:R). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026

UI spoofing in Google Chrome's Settings component (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) enables remote attackers to misrepresent critical interface elements to victims via malicious network traffic, requiring user interaction to trigger. EPSS at 0.15% (5th percentile) and CISA SSVC exploitation rating of none align with the Chromium team's own Low severity classification, making this a low-urgency issue despite its network-accessible attack vector. Google has released a patch in stable channel version 151.0.7922.72; no public exploits are identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, as confirmed by the vendor's stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Chrome auto-updates by default; users can verify the installed version at chrome://settings/help and restart the browser to apply any pending update. If an immediate upgrade is operationally blocked, restricting user access to untrusted or adversary-controlled network environments reduces exposure, though this is not a practical mitigation for general browsing use cases. Given the SSVC exploitation:none rating and Chromium Low severity classification, this vulnerability does not warrant out-of-band patching outside normal monthly patch cycles.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 151.0.7922.72 <151.0.7922.72

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 151.0.7922.72

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information) describes flaws where software renders misleading UI elements that can deceive users into unsafe decisions or false security assumptions. The vulnerability resides specifically in the Settings component of Google Chrome (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), where inappropriate implementation allows attacker-controlled network traffic to influence how Settings UI elements are displayed. This is a browser-layer rendering flaw, not a memory corruption or code execution class issue - the root cause is logic or presentation handling in Settings that fails to sanitize or correctly process externally influenced data before rendering it to the user.

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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Low–Critical)
Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-delivered spoofing requires no attacker privileges and mandates user interaction; scope is unchanged with only low integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability effects.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE CRITICAL
Red Hat 4.3 LOW

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Jul 30, 2026 - 16:37 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:26 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:26 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Inappropriate implementation in Settings in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
dominant global web browser, installed on billions of consumer and enterprise devices
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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