CVE-2026-95382: Improper input validation in Google Chrome
Improper input validation in Auth in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves improper input validation in the authentication mechanism of Google Chrome before version 154.0.8037.57. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw by tricking users through social engineering with a specially crafted HTML page to extract sensitive information. The issue was publicly disclosed and fixed in the stable channel update released by Google.
Potential Impact
An attacker with control over the renderer process can leverage this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the browser by deceiving the user via a crafted HTML page. This could lead to information disclosure but requires prior compromise of the renderer process and successful social engineering.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official stable channel update that fixes this vulnerability in Chrome version 154.0.8037.57. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue.
CVE-2026-95382: Improper input validation in Google Chrome
Description
Improper input validation in Auth in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to obtain sensitive information 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
This vulnerability involves improper input validation in the authentication mechanism of Google Chrome before version 154.0.8037.57. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw by tricking users through social engineering with a specially crafted HTML page to extract sensitive information. The issue was publicly disclosed and fixed in the stable channel update released by Google.
Potential Impact
An attacker with control over the renderer process can leverage this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the browser by deceiving the user via a crafted HTML page. This could lead to information disclosure but requires prior compromise of the renderer process and successful social engineering.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official stable channel update that fixes this vulnerability in Chrome version 154.0.8037.57. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-22T05:17:35.153Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0856730748.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6abbf88a57f14566d451c967
Added to database: 09/29/2026, 17:42:34 UTC
Last enriched: 09/29/2026, 17:46:03 UTC
Last updated: 09/29/2026, 18:02:57 UTC
Views: 7
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