CVE-2026-93380: Race condition in Google Chrome
Race condition in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.52 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-93380 is a race condition vulnerability in the FileSystem feature of Google Chrome versions before 153.0.8010.52. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw by leveraging social engineering techniques involving a crafted HTML page to bypass system access restrictions. The Chromium security team has assigned a medium severity rating to this vulnerability. Google has published a stable channel update that includes a fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with control over the renderer process to bypass system access restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or actions within the affected system. The vulnerability requires prior compromise of the renderer process and social engineering to trigger.
Mitigation Recommendations
A stable channel update for Google Chrome has been released that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update Chrome to version 153.0.8010.52 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-93380: Race condition in Google Chrome
Description
Race condition in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.52 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Affected software
Chrome
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-93380 is a race condition vulnerability in the FileSystem feature of Google Chrome versions before 153.0.8010.52. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw by leveraging social engineering techniques involving a crafted HTML page to bypass system access restrictions. The Chromium security team has assigned a medium severity rating to this vulnerability. Google has published a stable channel update that includes a fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with control over the renderer process to bypass system access restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or actions within the affected system. The vulnerability requires prior compromise of the renderer process and social engineering to trigger.
Mitigation Recommendations
A stable channel update for Google Chrome has been released that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update Chrome to version 153.0.8010.52 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-17T19:34:48.214Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0194356994.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6aac58d755bf5e2cf5ef74b1
Added to database: 09/17/2026, 21:17:11 UTC
Last enriched: 09/17/2026, 21:32:03 UTC
Last updated: 09/18/2026, 00:00:50 UTC
Views: 6
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