CVE-2026-113159: Improper access control in Google Chrome
Description
An improper access control vulnerability exists in the DevTools component of Google Chrome versions prior to 156.0.8078.47. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has been assigned a medium severity level by the Chromium security team.
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-113159 is an improper access control vulnerability affecting the DevTools feature in Google Chrome before version 156.0.8078.47. The issue allows a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information through a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed and addressed by Google in an update to Chrome.
Potential Impact
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to leak sensitive information from the DevTools interface by convincing a user to load a malicious HTML page. This could lead to unauthorized disclosure of information but does not indicate code execution or privilege escalation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 156.0.8078.47. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-19T23:03:53.823Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6ad7df8f2cdf04f65664286a
Added to database: 10/20/2026, 21:39:27 UTC
Last enriched: 10/21/2026, 00:03:44 UTC
Last updated: 10/21/2026, 00:03:44 UTC
Views: 2
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