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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-66063

| CVE-2026-78980 MEDIUM
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-08-25 Chrome GHSA-cv9p-rf29-ph58
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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4.3 MEDIUM

Network delivery via crafted page, no attacker privileges, requires user to visit the page (UI:R), integrity-only impact with no scope change.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Aug 27, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 27, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper input validation in ReaderMode in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy into a privileged page via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

AnalysisAI

Web origin policy bypass in Google Chrome's ReaderMode feature prior to version 152.0.7977.65 allows a remote attacker to inject content into a privileged browser page context via a crafted HTML page, requiring social engineering to achieve user interaction. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) limits impact to integrity only, with no confidentiality or availability consequences. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Craft malicious HTML page
Delivery
Deliver link via phishing or social engineering
Exploit
User opens page in unpatched Chrome
Execution
ReaderMode input validation bypass triggered
Persist
Web origin policy circumvented
Impact
Inject content into privileged ReaderMode context

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The victim must be running Google Chrome prior to version 152.0.7977.65. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.3 Medium rating reflects a genuinely constrained vulnerability: network-reachable (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), no attacker privileges required (PR:N), but requiring explicit user interaction (UI:R) and producing only limited integrity impact (I:L) with unchanged scope and no confidentiality or availability effect. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker crafts a malicious HTML page that triggers Chrome's ReaderMode input validation flaw and distributes it via phishing email or a compromised link, relying on social engineering to persuade a target running an unpatched Chrome version to open it. Upon visiting the page, the crafted content bypasses the web origin policy, allowing injection of attacker-controlled material into the privileged ReaderMode context. …
Remediation Update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch for this issue. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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