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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-93634

| CVE-2026-106418 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-06 Chrome GHSA-4v3q-xcjf-9rm9
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 malicious site
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted network traffic
  3. Exploit
    Bypass web origin policy (missing authorization)
  4. Execution
    Access/alter cross-origin context
  5. Impact
    Integrity impact on affected origin

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 the victim to be socially engineered into visiting attacker-controlled content or triggering attacker-supplied network traffic in Chrome - this mandatory user interaction (CVSS UI:R) is the primary limiting factor and prevents silent, drive-by or server-side exploitation. No authentication or prior privileges are needed (PR:N), and default Chrome configurations prior to 155.0.8059.39 on affected desktop builds are vulnerable; there is no indication a non-default setting or specific feature flag is required. The practical blast radius is further constrained by the integrity-only, scope-unchanged impact (C:N/I:H/A:N, S:U): the flaw bypasses the web origin policy but does not, per available data, grant code execution, credential theft, or availability loss.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue despite the 6.5 CVSS base score. Multiple signals align toward low real-world risk: Chromium's own severity rating is 'Low', EPSS is only 0.17% (6th percentile, i.e. very low modeled exploitation probability), the vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV, and no public proof-of-concept is referenced in the provided data. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) indicates a network-reachable, unauthenticated flaw with low attack complexity but requiring user interaction (UI:R) - consistent with the description's reliance on social engineering. Impact is scoped to integrity only (C:N/I:H/A:N), meaning a web-origin / same-origin-policy bypass rather than code execution or data theft. The signals are internally consistent and non-conflicting: a network vector gated by mandatory user interaction, modest integrity-only impact, no evidence of active exploitation, and vendor-confirmed low severity. The exploitation status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Overall this is a 'patch in normal cycle' issue, not an emergency - the headline CVSS of 6.5 overstates practical urgency given the required social-engineering step and integrity-only, non-privilege-escalating impact.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page or network response and lures a Chrome user (via phishing, a malicious link, or a compromised ad/site) into visiting it. Because of the missing authorization check in Chrome's network stack, the crafted traffic bypasses the web origin policy, letting attacker-controlled script influence or access content across a security origin boundary it should not reach. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires the victim to actively interact (UI:R), limiting it to targeted social-engineering campaigns rather than drive-by mass exploitation.

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 09, 2026

A missing authorization check in Chrome's network component lets crafted network traffic defeat the browser's web origin policy in Google Chrome desktop builds prior to 155.0.8059.39, which can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker only after the victim is socially engineered into loading attacker-controlled content (CVSS UI:R). The impact is integrity-only with unchanged scope (C:N/I:H/A:N, S:U): cross-origin boundaries can be crossed, but the flaw does not by itself provide code execution, credential theft, or availability loss, and Google assigns it a Chromium severity of Low. EPSS is 0.17% (6th percentile) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the vendor fix ships in Chrome 155.0.8059.39, so this is a moderate-score but low-priority issue.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.39 or later via the stable-channel update described at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html, then fully restart the browser so the new binary loads; enterprises should verify the build number on endpoints and allow auto-update to complete, and Chromium-derived browsers should be updated when their vendors rebase. There is no documented feature flag or configuration toggle that closes the origin-policy gap, so compensating controls are only risk reducers: apply enterprise URL allow-listing or block-list policies to reduce the chance users reach untrusted origins (trade-off: breaks general web browsing and increases helpdesk load), block or inspect suspicious outbound network traffic at the proxy/DNS layer with TLS inspection (trade-off: performance cost and privacy/compliance friction, and encrypted traffic may still evade), and keep user awareness training against social-engineering lures current since exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-supplied content (trade-off: not a technical control and cannot be verified). Because impact is integrity-only and unauthenticated but interaction-gated, these mitigations should be treated as temporary until the 155.0.8059.39 update is confirmed deployed across all desktop builds.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 155.0.8059.39 <155.0.8059.39

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 155.0.8059.39

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): a component of Chrome's networking stack fails to perform an authorization check that the browser's origin-policy enforcement depends on, so specially crafted network traffic can make cross-origin interactions appear authorized and bypass the same-origin policy that normally isolates web content from different origins. The CPE record cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies Google Chrome itself as the affected product, with the fix boundary at build 155.0.8059.39 per Chrome stable-channel advisory and EUVD-2026-93634. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N shows the attack is network-reachable with low complexity and no privileges required, but is gated by mandatory user interaction - the victim must be induced into visiting attacker-controlled content or triggering the malicious traffic - which rules out silent, drive-by or fully server-side exploitation. Integrity is the only impacted property and scope is unchanged, so the practical effect is origin-boundary violation rather than memory corruption or code execution; Google and the Chromium team rate the underlying issue as Low severity, and the reported reporter is Chrome.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-reachable and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N) but gated by required social-engineering interaction (UI:R); origin-policy bypass yields integrity impact only (I:H, C:N/A:N), scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat 4.3 LOW

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 09, 2026 - 22:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing authorization in Network in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
7 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
Partial

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

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Vendor StatusVendor

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