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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-93730

| CVE-2026-106289 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-06 Chrome GHSA-578v-5qch-pg45
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. Delivery
    Page invokes FedCM identity API
  3. Exploit
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Execution
    Violate web origin policy cross-origin
  5. Impact
    Access or spoof federated identity data

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 use an affected Google Chrome build (any version prior to 155.0.8059.39) and to actively visit an attacker-controlled crafted HTML page (UI:R - user interaction is the primary limiting factor). The flaw resides specifically in FedCM (the Federated Credential Management API), so meaningful impact depends on the presence and use of federated identity / sign-in flows that FedCM mediates; environments or sessions not exercising federated login have reduced practical exposure. No authentication or elevated privileges are required (PR:N), and default configurations are affected since FedCM is a built-in browser feature, but the requirement for user navigation to a malicious page meaningfully limits mass or drive-by-at-scale exploitation (SSVC Automatable=no).

Impact

This is a medium-severity, moderate-priority issue that does not warrant emergency patching but should be addressed through normal Chrome auto-update cycles. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, 6.5) indicates a network-reachable flaw requiring low complexity and no privileges but mandating user interaction (the victim must visit a crafted HTML page), with impact limited to integrity (I:H) and no confidentiality or availability effect. All exploitation and risk signals agree that real-world risk is low-to-moderate: EPSS is 0.19% (8th percentile), CISA SSVC scores Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, and Technical Impact=partial, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No conflicting signals are present - the CVSS vector, Chromium's own 'Medium' severity rating, low EPSS, and SSVC all converge on a non-urgent profile. The one caveat is the integrity-only I:H rating, which reflects the web origin / same-origin policy bypass in FedCM (federated identity) rather than direct code execution; the practical consequence (cross-origin identity/credential disclosure or spoofing) depends on FedCM relying-party deployments and is not fully detailed in the available data.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page and lures a Chrome user (prior to 155.0.8059.39) to visit it. The page abuses the missing authorization check in FedCM to bypass the web origin policy, allowing the attacker's origin to interact with federated identity flows it should not be permitted to access. No public proof-of-concept exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires the victim to actively load the malicious page.

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

Missing authorization checks in Google Chrome's Federated Credential Management (FedCM) API allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass web origin policy by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page, with the primary impact being integrity (C:N/I:H/A:N) rather than confidentiality or availability. All Chrome builds prior to 155.0.8059.39 are affected, and exploitation requires the user to navigate to attacker-controlled content (UI:R), which is why CISA's SSVC framework rates the issue as not automatable and not currently exploited. There is no public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing, and the EPSS score is very low at 0.19% (8th percentile), so this is a medium-severity, moderate-priority issue best handled through routine Chrome auto-update cycles rather than emergency patching.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.39 or later, which is the fixed build documented in the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html. The most reliable path is to let Chrome's built-in auto-update complete and then fully restart the browser, since the patched code only takes effect after all running browser processes are restarted; fleet administrators using managed Chrome or enterprise packaging should push 155.0.8059.39 through their software distribution tooling and verify the running build via chrome://version. If immediate updating is not feasible, the practical compensating control is to disable or restrict federated sign-in flows that depend on FedCM - for managed browsers via the relevant FedCM enterprise policy - accepting the trade-off that users lose federated single sign-on convenience; alternatively, restricting general user browsing to trusted sites reduces the chance of reaching a crafted HTML page, at the cost of significant usability impact. No vendor workaround beyond patching is documented in the available references, and no public exploit code is known, so urgent out-of-band mitigation is not required by CISA KEV or SSVC signals.

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

CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) describes a root-cause class in which a component performs an action without verifying that the caller is entitled to perform it. Here the affected component is FedCM, the browser-native Federated Credential Management API that mediates federated login flows between relying-party websites, identity providers, and the user, replacing older mechanisms such as third-party cookies and hidden iframes. Because FedCM acts as the browser's trusted intermediary for cross-origin identity assertions, an authorization gap within it can let a malicious page that the victim visits induce behavior that violates the same-origin policy - the browser fails to enforce the origin boundary it is supposed to guarantee for that API surface. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N indicates the flaw is network-reachable, does not require authentication or privileges, needs user interaction (the crafted HTML page must be opened), and yields high integrity impact within the browser's security scope with no direct confidentiality or availability loss. Chromium's own severity rating for this issue is Medium, and the affected product record maps to cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, i.e., Chrome releases preceding 155.0.8059.39.

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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

Remote crafted page with no privileges but required user interaction (UI:R); a missing-authorization origin-policy bypass yields integrity impact (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability effect.

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:P/VC:N/VI:H/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
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 09, 2026 - 02:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 06, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 06, 2026 - 18:41 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing authorization in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is the dominant desktop/mobile browser 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
Medium
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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