Improper access control in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information via… (CVE-2026-113159)
Description
An improper access control vulnerability in DevTools of Google Chrome versions prior to 156.0.8078.47 could allow a remote attacker to leak sensitive information by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating and does not impact integrity or availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-113159 describes an improper access control issue in the DevTools component of Google Chrome before version 156.0.8078.47. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information by leveraging a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and high confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the DevTools interface when a user interacts with a maliciously crafted HTML page. There is no indication of integrity or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 156.0.8078.47 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-hc84-w8gp-cw8g
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-113159"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ad91cde4d27ba8daafaa69e
Added to database: 10/21/2026, 20:13:18 UTC
Last enriched: 10/21/2026, 20:22:00 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 02:15:13 UTC
Views: 7
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