Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to malicious web page
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DeliveryCompromise renderer via separate bug
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ExploitServe crafted HTML triggering Actor flaw
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ExecutionBypass authorization to escape sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on host
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the attacker has ALREADY compromised Chrome's renderer process (a separate prerequisite bug), then delivers a crafted HTML page to trigger the missing authorization in the Actor component and escape the sandbox. Limiting factors: user interaction is required (UI:R - the victim must load attacker content), attack complexity is high (AC:H), and the renderer-compromise precondition means this is only useful as part of an exploit chain, not as an initial access vector. Affected deployments are Chrome desktop versions prior to 155.0.8059.39; patched builds are not exploitable. |
| Impact | Signals conflict sharply and must be weighed carefully. The input CVSS of 8.3 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C with C:H/I:H/A:H) looks severe because of the scope change (sandbox escape) and triple-high impact, yet Google's own Chromium security team rated this 'Low'. That gap is explained by the exploitation precondition stated in the description: the attacker must have ALREADY compromised the renderer process, so this is a sandbox-escape link in a multi-stage exploit chain, not a standalone remote code execution. CVSS encodes that only as AC:H (and arguably should lower the effective privilege), which is why the raw score overstates real-world standalone risk. No EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV and no public exploit code was supplied, and it was reported internally by the Chrome team (typical of proactive, pre-disclosure fixes) rather than discovered through observed attacks. Net assessment: patch-worthy because Chrome is ubiquitous and sandbox escapes are valuable to chain-builders, but this is a 'high-CVSS, lower-real-urgency' item absent evidence of an accompanying renderer exploit - prioritize normal Chrome auto-update cadence rather than emergency response. Note explicitly: CVSS PR:N implies unauthenticated, but the description's 'compromised the renderer process' prerequisite means a working attack first needs a separate renderer bug - verify chaining context before treating as directly exploitable. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker first exploits a separate renderer-process vulnerability (e.g., via a malicious or compromised website the victim visits) to gain code execution inside Chrome's sandbox. They then serve a crafted HTML page that triggers this missing-authorization flaw in the Actor component to break out of the renderer sandbox and run arbitrary code on the host. No public exploit code was provided in the intelligence, and high attack complexity plus the required prior renderer compromise make standalone exploitation impractical. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
Missing authorization in the Actor component of Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allows code to escape the browser sandbox, but only after the attacker has already compromised the renderer process via a separate bug and then gets the victim to load a crafted HTML page. This prerequisite, combined with required user interaction (UI:R) and high attack complexity (AC:H) from the assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H vector, means the flaw is only usable as a link in an exploit chain rather than as a standalone initial-access vector; the changed scope (S:C) and high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact reflect the potential for full code execution outside the sandbox. No public exploit code identified at time of analysis and there is no confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) status, so risk should be weighed against the conflicting 8.3 score versus the demanding exploitation preconditions. A vendor patch is available in Chrome 155.0.8059.39.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.39 or later - the primary remediation, distributed through Chrome's normal update mechanism (see https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html and the tracking issue https://issues.chromium.org/issues/502282293). Because exploitation requires a prior renderer compromise, patching this bug alone closes only the sandbox-escape step; organizations should also prioritize timely updates for other renderer-side, JIT, and V8 vulnerabilities to break the chain at its earlier link, and should enforce auto-update so builds cannot drift below 155.0.8059.39. Where immediate upgrading is impossible, the only meaningful compensating controls are ones that reduce exposure to the renderer-compromise prerequisite and to the crafted HTML page delivery: enforce Chrome's Site Isolation so cross-origin content is confined to separate renderer processes (side effect: higher memory use and occasional compatibility quirks in embedded frameworks), disable or restrict JIT if operationally feasible, and block untrusted or high-risk web content at the network/proxy layer. Note that disabling JavaScript or the Actor component outright is not a practical, vendor-supported mitigation and would break normal browsing, and because the missing authorization is in a privileged browser-side component there is no configuration flag that restores the missing check - patching remains the only complete fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The issue is a CWE-862 missing authorization flaw in a Chrome component labeled 'Actor' - a privileged browser-side subsystem that is reachable from untrusted content only through Chromium's Mojo inter-process communication boundaries. Chrome's architecture assumes the renderer is untrusted and confines it in a sandbox; privilege-escalation bugs generally arise when the browser process performs a privileged operation on behalf of the renderer without properly validating that the renderer is authorized to request it. Here the missing authorization check means a renderer that has already been compromised can drive the Actor component into performing privileged actions, resulting in code execution outside the sandbox. The CPE record cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, confirming the flaw affects the Chrome product generally up to the fixed build rather than being limited to one platform SKU; the ENISA EUVD entry (EUVD-2026-93596) frames the affected range as versions prior to 155.0.8059.39. The CVSS vector's UI:R and AC:H components, together with the renderer-compromise precondition, indicate this is not remotely triggerable against a pristine browser - the attacker must first win a separate renderer vulnerability.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Low–High)AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sandbox escape yields scope change (S:C) and full host impact; prior renderer compromise plus crafted-page delivery justify AC:H and UI:R, while PR:N reflects no authentication to the browser itself.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Missing authorization in Actor in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions before 155.0.8059.39 are affected by a high-severity authorization flaw that could enable a sandbox escape. Although exploitation demands a prior renderer compromise and user interaction, a successful attack could result in unauthorized code execution and data compromise. Given that a vendor patch is available, security leadership should ensure rapid deployment to all enterprise endpoints to reduce exposure.
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Attack Technique
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