CVE-2026-95303: Incomplete cleanup in Google Chrome
Incomplete cleanup in SmartCard in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-95303 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome's SmartCard handling that results from incomplete cleanup. This allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by tricking a user into visiting a maliciously crafted HTML page. The vulnerability affects Chrome versions before 154.0.8037.57. The vendor has released an official fix in version 154.0.8037.57.
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass system access restrictions remotely by leveraging social engineering to convince a user to visit a crafted HTML page. This could potentially allow unauthorized actions that are normally restricted by the system. The severity is rated medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 154.0.8037.57 or later, where the issue has been fixed. Applying this official update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-95303: Incomplete cleanup in Google Chrome
Description
Incomplete cleanup in SmartCard in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Affected software
Chrome
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-95303 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome's SmartCard handling that results from incomplete cleanup. This allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by tricking a user into visiting a maliciously crafted HTML page. The vulnerability affects Chrome versions before 154.0.8037.57. The vendor has released an official fix in version 154.0.8037.57.
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass system access restrictions remotely by leveraging social engineering to convince a user to visit a crafted HTML page. This could potentially allow unauthorized actions that are normally restricted by the system. The severity is rated medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 154.0.8037.57 or later, where the issue has been fixed. Applying this official update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-22T05:07:59.155Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0856730748.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6abbf87257f14566d451c5bb
Added to database: 09/29/2026, 17:42:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/29/2026, 18:07:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/29/2026, 18:20:12 UTC
Views: 3
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