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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-61234

| CVE-2026-76041 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-18 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-x6v5-hh3v-cp8g
Medium
Disputed · 4.3 Vendor: google
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Attacker crafts malicious HTML page
  2. Delivery
    Victim visits attacker-controlled URL
  3. Exploit
    Chrome's Skia engine processes crafted rendering content
  4. Execution
    Information leaks across web origin boundary
  5. Impact
    Attacker reads cross-origin sensitive data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to actively visit or be redirected to a crafted HTML page - the CVSS UI:R metric confirms this mandatory passive user interaction. The attack is network-delivered (AV:N) with no authentication required (PR:N) and low complexity (AC:L), making phishing or malicious-ad delivery viable. Exploitation is bounded by the unchanged scope (S:U): impact remains within the Chrome browser process and does not directly compromise the underlying operating system. No special browser configuration, extension, or non-default feature is required - the vulnerable Skia rendering path is exercised by default on any page load. The limiting factors for defenders are the user-interaction requirement (auto-visit or direct navigation needed) and the low confidentiality impact ceiling (C:L), which constrains what data can realistically be extracted.

Impact

The CVSS 4.3 Medium score reflects a real but constrained risk: network-reachable, low-complexity, no-privilege attack limited by mandatory user interaction (UI:R) and low confidentiality impact (C:L). Despite the moderate numeric score, the nature of the flaw - a Same-Origin Policy bypass via the graphics layer - carries practical significance beyond raw CVSS, since cross-origin leaks can expose authentication tokens, session data, or sensitive page content depending on the victim's browsing context. EPSS data was not provided in the intelligence set, preventing quantitative exploitation probability assessment. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. The overall priority is moderate: Chrome's ubiquitous deployment creates a large attack surface, but the user-interaction requirement and limited impact scope constrain immediate risk.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious HTML page that triggers the Skia rendering information leak, then delivers it via phishing, malicious advertising, or a compromised website. When the victim visits the page, the rendering pipeline discloses cross-origin information - potentially exposing data from other tabs or resources loaded in the browser session - which the attacker's JavaScript can then read and exfiltrate. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, so exploitation currently requires independent vulnerability research to reproduce.

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

Skia graphics library in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.169 leaks information in a way that allows remote attackers to potentially bypass the web Same-Origin Policy via a specially crafted HTML page. Affected users on all desktop platforms running any Chrome version before 151.0.7922.169 are exposed to cross-origin data disclosure triggered by visiting a malicious page. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis; a vendor-released patch is available.

RemediationAI

Update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.169 or later, which is the vendor-released patch addressing this vulnerability per the Chrome Releases advisory at http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575033.html. Chrome applies updates automatically in most enterprise and consumer configurations; users should confirm their version by navigating to chrome://settings/help and restarting the browser to force pending update application. Enterprise administrators should verify fleet update compliance via policy tooling. No workaround is viable for this rendering-layer flaw - the patch is the sole remediation, and restricting JavaScript or content rendering broadly would carry severe usability trade-offs without reliably blocking this specific leak vector.

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

Skia is Google's open-source 2D graphics rendering library embedded in Chrome as its primary painting and rasterization backend. CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) indicates that the Skia rendering pipeline inadvertently exposes data across web origin boundaries - a violation of the Same-Origin Policy (SOP), which is the foundational browser security control preventing content from one web origin from reading data belonging to another. The flaw exists in how Skia processes or exposes pixel or rendering state information during page composition, allowing a crafted HTML page to infer or extract cross-origin content. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N confirms the attack is network-delivered, low-complexity, requires no privileges, but does require the victim to interact (visit a page), with only limited confidentiality exposure and no integrity or availability impact.

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Severity by source

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

Network-delivered crafted page (AV:N), victim must visit it (UI:R), no auth needed (PR:N), limited cross-origin info leak only (C:L), no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE CRITICAL
Red Hat 7.4 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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Aug 19, 2026 - 12:23 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:18 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Information leak in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker to potentially bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
dominant global desktop browser with billions of active installs
Data Quality
6 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

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
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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