CVE-2026-106229: UI misrepresentation in Google Chrome
Description
A UI misrepresentation vulnerability in the FileSystem component of Google Chrome prior to version 155.0.8059.39 allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page using social engineering techniques. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating and a CVSS score of 5.4.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-106229 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome's FileSystem feature that causes UI misrepresentation. This flaw allows a remote attacker to craft a malicious HTML page that can deceive users and bypass system access restrictions. The vulnerability affects versions of Chrome before 155.0.8059.39. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.4, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, limited confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a maliciously crafted HTML page, which can bypass system access restrictions due to UI misrepresentation. This may lead to limited confidentiality loss and low availability impact. There is no known active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 155.0.8059.39. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html for details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-06T16:32:16.749Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6ac5463b2cdf04f656d49d34
Added to database: 10/06/2026, 19:04:27 UTC
Last enriched: 10/06/2026, 22:19:12 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 03:08:11 UTC
Views: 2
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