Incomplete cleanup in SmartCard in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system… (CVE-2026-95303)
An incomplete cleanup vulnerability in the SmartCard component of Google Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.57 allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page, leveraging social engineering. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-95303 describes an incomplete cleanup issue in the SmartCard functionality of Google Chrome before version 154.0.8037.57. This flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by tricking a user into interacting with a maliciously crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, indicating that it requires user interaction and results in a high impact on integrity without affecting confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized actions or privilege escalation on the affected system. However, exploitation requires user interaction via social engineering. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 154.0.8037.57. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are indicated.
Incomplete cleanup in SmartCard in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system… (CVE-2026-95303)
Description
An incomplete cleanup vulnerability in the SmartCard component of Google Chrome versions prior to 154.0.8037.57 allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page, leveraging social engineering. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-95303 describes an incomplete cleanup issue in the SmartCard functionality of Google Chrome before version 154.0.8037.57. This flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by tricking a user into interacting with a maliciously crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, indicating that it requires user interaction and results in a high impact on integrity without affecting confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized actions or privilege escalation on the affected system. However, exploitation requires user interaction via social engineering. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 154.0.8037.57. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigations are indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-5r8h-23w6-rqxq
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-95303"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abeb3eba43b0b3b89ed1eae
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 19:26:35 UTC
Last enriched: 10/01/2026, 19:31:17 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 03:45:56 UTC
Views: 8
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