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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-93714

| CVE-2026-106416 MEDIUM
Code Injection (CWE-94)
2026-10-06 Chrome GHSA-29r8-vmwj-r6fh
5.4
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
    Craft malicious Chrome extension
  2. Exploit
    Socially engineer victim into installing
  3. Execution
    Inject code to spoof UI elements
  4. Impact
    Deceive user via fake interface

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Code injection prevention, sandbox exec
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access

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 install a specifically crafted malicious Chrome extension, delivered through social engineering - this is not exploitable against a default, clean Chrome install without that user action. The limiting factors are therefore substantial: mandatory user interaction (UI:R), the need to convince the user to add an untrusted extension (bypassing Chrome Web Store vetting or using sideloading/developer mode), and a client version prior to 155.0.8059.39. There is no server-side or drive-by path; the attack surface is confined to the extensions subsystem and depends on the user actively adding attacker-controlled code.

Impact

This is a genuinely LOW-to-MODERATE real-world priority despite Chrome's ubiquity. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L, base 5.4, vendor-rated Medium) describes a network-reachable but user-interaction-dependent issue with only Low confidentiality and Low availability impact and NO integrity impact (I:N) - inconsistent with the 'RCE' tag applied in the input, which overstates the flaw (this is UI spoofing, not arbitrary code execution on the host). Exploitation requires the victim to be socially engineered into installing a crafted malicious extension, which is a significant practical barrier. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The signals are internally consistent (low severity, high interaction requirement, no exploitation evidence) and point to a low-urgency patch-on-normal-cycle item rather than an emergency, notwithstanding the enormous install base of Chrome.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker publishes or distributes a crafted Chrome extension and uses social engineering (phishing, fake tooling, deceptive listing) to convince a user to install it. Once installed, the extension abuses the code-injection weakness to spoof browser UI elements, potentially tricking the victim into trusting fraudulent prompts or disclosing information. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the attack cannot proceed without the user installing the extension (UI:R).

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 07, 2026

Code injection in the Extensions subsystem of Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 lets a remote attacker spoof browser UI elements once a victim has been socially engineered into installing a crafted extension. Exploitation is gated behind mandatory user interaction (UI:R) and the deliberate addition of attacker-controlled extension code, so exposure is limited to users who sideload or approve an untrusted extension rather than to any default, clean Chrome install; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Google has shipped a fix in the Chrome 155.0.8059.39 stable channel release, and the issue is rated Medium at 5.4 with only low confidentiality and low availability impact.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Chrome 155.0.8059.39 or later, distributed through the standard stable channel update described in the Chrome Releases blog (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html, mirrored at http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html). Verify the installed build via chrome://version and, in managed fleets, force the update through Chrome Browser Cloud Management or the relevant platform policy so endpoints do not wait on the lazy auto-update cadence. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, the highest-value compensating control is tightening the install surface: enforce ExtensionSettings or ExtensionInstallBlocklist/ExtensionInstallAllowlist so only vetted extensions can be added (trade-off: blocks legitimate unvetted or internal-only extensions until they are added to the allowlist), and disable sideloading and developer mode via ExtensionInstallSources and DeveloperToolsAvailability (trade-off: breaks internal extension development and debugging workflows). Re-educating users against approving extension install prompts or permissions requests from unsolicited sources directly addresses the social-engineering delivery vector, since the attacker cannot reach a clean browser without that consent; note that none of these controls remove the underlying code-injection flaw, so the 155.0.8059.39 upgrade remains the only complete fix. Advisory cross-references: NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106416, Chromium tracker https://issues.chromium.org/issues/514072462.

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 flaw lives in Chrome's extensions subsystem, which is a privileged, permission-scoped runtime: installed extensions ship a manifest that declares host permissions and can register content scripts, service workers, and chrome.* API access, with some extension surfaces able to render over browser chrome and modify what the user sees (CWE-94, code injection). The root-cause class indicates attacker-supplied input reaching a code-execution sink inside that extension context, allowing spoofed UI elements rather than a memory-corruption exploit or a sandbox escape. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* reflects that the entire pre-fix version range across Chrome's supported desktop platforms is treated as affected. Because delivery depends on the user actively installing a specifically crafted extension - bypassing Chrome Web Store vetting through sideloading/developer mode or deceptive install prompts - the real attack surface is the extension supply chain and user trust model, not a drive-by or server-side path. The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L) matches that threat model: unauthenticated in the network sense but fully dependent on victim interaction, with bounded impact confined to the user's own browsing session. Tracking references are Chromium issue 514072462, EUVD-2026-93714, and NVD entry CVE-2026-106416.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

User must install a crafted extension so UI:R; no auth needed for delivery so PR:N; impact is UI spoofing with limited confidentiality/availability and no integrity, so C:L/I:N/A:L.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 07, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
5.4 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Code injection in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to spoof UI elements via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is deployed across a huge fraction of environments worldwide
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
Partial

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Code Injection CRITICAL

Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Vendor StatusVendor

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