CVE-2026-87655: Clickjacking in Google Chrome
Description
A clickjacking vulnerability affecting the Downloads feature in Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36 allows a remote attacker to spoof UI elements via a crafted HTML page, leveraging social engineering. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-87655 is a clickjacking vulnerability in Google Chrome's Downloads component affecting versions before 153.0.8010.36. An attacker can craft a malicious HTML page to trick users into interacting with spoofed UI elements, potentially leading to unintended actions. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating limited impact on confidentiality and integrity but some impact on availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to deceive users into clicking on disguised UI elements in the Downloads interface, potentially causing unintended actions. The impact is limited to low confidentiality loss and low availability impact, with no integrity impact reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available in Google Chrome version 153.0.8010.36. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Refer to the vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0808145027.html for update details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-08T22:44:21.957Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0808145027.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6aa0b198acd9273b49812b83
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 01:08:40 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 02:09:32 UTC
Last updated: 10/24/2026, 03:05:11 UTC
Views: 101
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