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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-91716

| CVE-2026-103627 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-10-02 Chrome GHSA-852g-85fm-88pg
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Lure victim to crafted HTML page
  2. Exploit
    Page loads malicious SVG payload
  3. Execution
    Chrome SVG handling leaks sensitive data
  4. Impact
    Exfiltrate information to attacker

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

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled web content in Chrome - specifically a crafted HTML page embedding or referencing a malicious SVG that triggers the information leak; this is the mandatory user-interaction gate (UI:R). No authentication or privileges are needed on the target (PR:N), and default Chrome configurations are affected since SVG rendering is a core, always-enabled browser capability. The primary limiting factor is that the attacker cannot act without the victim navigating to the malicious page, and only Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.97 are vulnerable; updated browsers are not exploitable.

Impact

This is a medium-severity information disclosure flaw (CVSS 6.5) in Google Chrome's SVG handling. The signals are broadly consistent and point to a moderate, not urgent, priority. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) indicates a remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger it with low complexity, but exploitation requires user interaction - the victim must visit or render a crafted HTML page, which meaningfully limits mass exploitation. The EPSS score is very low (0.17%, 6th percentile), and SSVC records Exploitation=none and Automatable=no, reinforcing that no active or automatable exploitation is known. There is a notable tension in the impact signals: the CVSS confidentiality impact is rated High (C:H) and SSVC Technical Impact is 'total,' which sounds severe, yet the Chromium team self-rated this only 'Medium' severity and it is an information leak with no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N). The SSVC 'total' technical-impact label should be read as applying to the confidentiality dimension only, not full system compromise - do not over-weight it. No CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code were identified, so this is not a confirmed exploited vulnerability. Net: a patch-in-normal-cycle browser infoleak, elevated slightly by Chrome's ubiquity but tempered by the user-interaction requirement and absence of exploitation evidence.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or injects a malicious web page containing a crafted SVG that abuses Chrome's SVG processing to leak sensitive in-memory or cross-origin data back to the attacker. The victim is lured (phishing link, malicious ad, or compromised site) into opening the page, and because exploitation needs no privileges but does require that page load (UI:R), the attacker depends on social engineering rather than silent compromise. No public proof-of-concept exploit was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026

Information disclosure in Google Chrome's SVG rendering engine allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive data from the browser by convincing a victim to open a crafted HTML page that embeds or references a malicious SVG, affecting Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.97. Exploitation is gated by mandatory user interaction (the victim must load the attacker-controlled page), but requires no authentication or special privileges and works against default Chrome configurations; the integrity and availability of the system are unaffected, while confidentiality impact is high. As of analysis there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified, and the EPSS score is very low (0.17%, ~6th percentile), so near-term mass exploitation is unlikely, though the flaw remains relevant given Chrome's ubiquity. Vendor-released patch: 154.0.8037.97.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Google Chrome to 154.0.8037.97 or later - vendor-released patch: 154.0.8037.97, distributed through the Stable Channel update described at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; the fix is also tracked in the Chromium issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/553147154. Confirm the running version via chrome://settings/help or chrome://version and allow the browser's auto-update mechanism to complete, then restart all browser processes so the patched binary is actually in use; because this is an in-browser rendering flaw, ensure Chromium-based and managed-fleet deployments are re-imaged or updated through their own distribution channels rather than assuming the upstream Chrome fix propagates automatically. No separate workaround fully removes the risk since SVG rendering cannot be disabled in production without breaking most sites, so the compensating controls are bounded: restrict users to trusted sites and block untrusted or newly registered domains at the web gateway or via enterprise URL filtering (reduces exposure to the crafted-page delivery vector but adds management overhead and false positives), disable or tightly sandbox untrusted web content on high-risk endpoints, and keep browser extensions and JavaScript execution policies conservative (limited effect, as the leak path is core rendering rather than script injection). Given SSVC rates exploitation as 'none' and automatable as 'no', and no public exploit code is identified, patch-driven remediation can be scheduled on a normal cycle, but the mitigation should not be indefinitely deferred for users who routinely browse untrusted content.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 154.0.8037.97 <154.0.8037.97

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 154.0.8037.97

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in Chrome's handling of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), the XML-based vector image format rendered natively by the Blink engine across the browser's core rendering pipeline. Per CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), the root cause class is a failure to properly isolate or restrict data exposed during SVG processing - typically meaning that content, resources, or script-accessible state that should remain inaccessible to the page's origin can be surfaced through a crafted SVG document. According to the assessed CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, the attack is network-delivered and low-complexity with no privileges required, but is held behind a user-interaction gate (UI:R): the victim must navigate to attacker-supplied HTML, and the result is limited to a confidentiality loss with no scope change, integrity, or availability impact. Because SVG rendering is an always-enabled, built-in capability of Chrome on every desktop and mobile platform, no non-default configuration is needed to reach the vulnerable code path; the affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (all Chrome installs below the fixed build). CISA's SSVC evaluation rates exploitation as 'none' and automatable as 'no', indicating this is not a self-propagating or scan-and-exploit-class issue and that it must be delivered through targeted, victim-interaction-dependent lures.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) 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

Remote crafted page with no privileges but mandatory user interaction (UI:R); confidentiality-only information leak, so C:H with I:N/A:N and unchanged scope.

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
Red Hat 6.5 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 02, 2026 - 17:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 02, 2026 - 16:07 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 02, 2026 - 16:07 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Information leak in SVG in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.97 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is the most widely deployed desktop web browser
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 0.2%
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
Total

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

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