Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim via social engineering
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ExploitDeliver crafted HTML page
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ExecutionTrigger flaw in Chrome Editing component
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ImpactLeak sensitive information to attacker
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 actively open an attacker-crafted HTML page in a vulnerable Google Chrome desktop build prior to 155.0.8059.39, delivered through social engineering (UI:R). No authentication or elevated privileges are needed (PR:N), and no special victim-side configuration is indicated - the flaw lies in the default Editing component. The primary limiting factor is the mandatory user interaction and reliance on convincing the target to visit a malicious page; this is not a background or drive-by exploit against an idle browser, and impact is confined to disclosure of sensitive information (no code execution, modification, or denial of service). |
| Impact | This is a Medium-severity information disclosure flaw (CVSS 4.3, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) in Google Chrome's Editing component. The CVSS vector signals network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation but critically requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must be lured to a crafted HTML page via social engineering, which substantially lowers real-world risk versus a drive-by. Impact is limited to a low confidentiality loss (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact, consistent with CWE-200. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Net: despite Chrome's enormous footprint, this is a bounded, interaction-gated info-leak rather than a top-priority emergency - patch in normal cycle. Note: EPSS and KEV data are absent from the input (not confirmed negative), so exploitation probability could not be quantified; the reliance on social engineering is the dominant limiting factor. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious HTML page that abuses the Chrome Editing component and uses social engineering (phishing link, malicious ad, or lookalike site) to convince a victim to open it in a vulnerable Chrome build prior to 155.0.8059.39. Once the page is viewed, flawed handling in Editing discloses sensitive in-memory or cross-context information back to the attacker. No public proof-of-concept is identified in the available data, and successful exploitation hinges on the victim's interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Information disclosure in Google Chrome's Editing component prior to version 155.0.8059.39 lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker leak sensitive data out of the browser by persuading a victim to open a crafted HTML page. Exploitation requires the user to actively navigate to the attacker-controlled page (UI:R), and the outcome is limited to confidentiality loss - no code execution, data modification, or denial of service - which is why the flaw is rated Medium (CVSS 4.3, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) and carries Chromium's 'Medium' security severity. No confirmed active exploitation (no CISA KEV listing) and no public exploit code were identified at time of analysis, and a vendor-released patch (155.0.8059.39) is available, so risk is primarily tied to unpatched fleets where social-engineering delivery remains viable.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to version 155.0.8059.39 or later - the fix is distributed through the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html, and the standard mechanism is Chrome's built-in auto-update (verify the installed build at chrome://version and force a check via chrome://settings/help). In managed environments, confirm that auto-update has not been pinned or delayed by policy, since the affected-versions data shows the remediation boundary as everything below 155.0.8059.39, and consider temporarily enforcing a minimum-version policy that blocks or warns on out-of-date builds. No configuration toggle, flag, or feature disablement is documented in the provided references that removes the editing-component code path without breaking normal browsing, so there is no reliable server-side or settings-based workaround; as a compensating control with clear trade-offs, restrict high-risk browsing through enterprise URL allow/blocklisting and DNS or proxy filtering (reduces exposure to social-engineering lures but degrades general web access), and reinforce user awareness around opening unsolicited links, which are the delivery vector in this scenario (effective against this specific UI:R precondition but not a technical barrier). Monitor the Chromium issue tracker entry at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/556235808 for any clarification of the editing subsystem flaw or additional hardening guidance, and note that no vendor-released patch has been withheld - the fix predates this analysis.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The weakness is classified as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) and resides in Chrome's Editing subsystem - the browser code that implements document editing surfaces such as contenteditable regions, text input handling, and rich-text editing used by web applications and by Chrome's own UI. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity defect affecting only the confidentiality of the browser process, with the integrity and availability of the component untouched and the scope unchanged, meaning the leak stays within Chrome's security boundary rather than escalating to the host OS. Because PR:N is present, no authentication or elevated privilege is needed to trigger the faulty path, but the UI:R component and the advisory wording ('leveraging social engineering') confirm that the attacker must first get the victim to load a malicious HTML page - this is a user-driven, not a background/drive-by, condition. The affected asset is captured by CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and tracked in the EU as EUVD-2026-93582; the reference to Chromium issue 556235808 suggests the underlying fix and root-cause detail are documented in Chrome's restricted bug tracker, and the technical specifics of which editing primitive allowed the read were not available in the provided sources.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Remote crafted page (AV:N/AC:L), no auth (PR:N) but social engineering requires victim interaction (UI:R); only limited info disclosure, so C:L and I:N/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Information leak in Editing in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to leak sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
EUVD-2026-93582
GHSA-6qx3-97qg-9jmv
NVD
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