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Google Chrome Android EUVDEUVD-2026-61228

| CVE-2026-76039 MEDIUM
Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference (CWE-706)
2026-08-18 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-9qwq-rv7x-2c2h
Medium
Disputed · 6.5 Vendor: google
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Register attacker-controlled domain
  2. Delivery
    Craft malicious HTML page exploiting reference resolution flaw
  3. Exploit
    Social engineer victim via phishing or malicious link
  4. Execution
    Victim opens page in Chrome on Android device
  5. Persist
    Incorrect reference resolution exposes sensitive data
  6. Impact
    Data exfiltrated to attacker server

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Incorrectly specified target
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to be running Google Chrome on an Android device with a version prior to 151.0.7922.169. The attacker must successfully socially engineer the user into visiting a crafted HTML page, as confirmed by both the description and the CVSS UI:R (User Interaction Required) metric. No authentication is required on the attacker's side (PR:N), and no special non-default browser configuration is needed. Exploitation is strictly limited to Android - the vulnerability does not affect Chrome on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, or ChromeOS per available data. The mandatory social engineering step (e.g., phishing link, malicious ad) is the primary limiting factor: automated or zero-click exploitation is not indicated by any available signal.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) reflects a medium-severity information disclosure. Attack complexity is low and no privileges are required, but user interaction is mandatory - the victim must be socially engineered into visiting a crafted page, which meaningfully reduces the realistic threat surface compared to fully-automated exploitation. The Confidentiality impact is rated High, indicating the potential to read sensitive data, but Integrity and Availability are unaffected, limiting the blast radius. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantitatively assessed. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog and no public POC has been identified, placing this in a lower operational priority tier despite the High CVSS confidentiality impact. The Android-only scope further narrows the affected population relative to the full Chrome user base. Overall, this is a genuine but targeted-risk vulnerability: prioritize patching in environments handling sensitive data on Android Chrome (enterprise MDM, mobile banking, government), but it does not represent an imminent mass-exploitation threat.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a domain and serves a crafted HTML page designed to trigger Chrome's incorrect reference resolution on Android. The attacker then sends the link to a target via phishing email, SMS, or social media, convincing them to open it in Chrome on their Android device. Once the page loads, the incorrect resolution silently exposes sensitive information - such as cross-origin data or locally accessible content - back to the attacker-controlled server.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026

Incorrect reference resolution in the Core component of Google Chrome on Android exposes sensitive information to remote attackers who can socially engineer users into visiting a malicious HTML page. Affected versions are all Chrome for Android builds prior to 151.0.7922.169. Exploitation requires user interaction but no authentication, and the vulnerability is platform-specific to Android. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis; a vendor-released patch is available.

RemediationAI

Update Google Chrome for Android to version 151.0.7922.169 or later via the Google Play Store or the browser's internal update mechanism. The vendor-released patch is confirmed available per the Chrome Stable Channel update advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575033.html. For enterprise environments managing Android fleets via MDM, push the update as a forced application update policy targeting all enrolled devices running Chrome. As a compensating control prior to patching, administrators can restrict access to untrusted web content using Safe Browsing enforcement or browser policy to block navigation to unknown external URLs; however, this does not eliminate the vulnerability and carries the trade-off of limiting user web access. No workaround fully mitigates the underlying reference resolution flaw - patching to 151.0.7922.169 is the definitive fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 151.0.7922.169 <151.0.7922.169

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 151.0.7922.169

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-706 (Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference) describes a class of flaws where a product resolves a name or reference to a resource that is outside of its intended control sphere, or resolves it in a context that differs from what the original requester expected. In Chrome's Core component on Android, this manifests as an incorrect resolution of an internal or cross-origin reference when processing a crafted HTML page, potentially allowing the renderer to expose data - such as cross-origin document content, cached credentials, or local resource paths - that should be inaccessible. The Android-specific nature suggests the flaw may interact with Android's inter-process communication model or sandboxed renderer behavior unique to the mobile platform. Affected CPE scope per EUVD: Chrome versions below 151.0.7922.169 on Android.

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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)
Vendor (google) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-delivered via HTML with no auth required; user must visit the page (UI:R); confidentiality-only impact with no integrity or availability effect; scope unchanged as exploit stays within browser context.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE CRITICAL
Red Hat 7.1 HIGH

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: google

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Aug 19, 2026 - 12:23 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Incorrect reference resolution in Core in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 64% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
dominant mobile browser with billions of Android installs globally
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment MSRC Vendor VulDB

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 0.4%
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

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
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
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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