CVE-2026-87523: Race condition in Google Chrome
Race condition in DataTransfer in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability is a race condition in the DataTransfer implementation within Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36. Exploitation requires social engineering to lure a user to a maliciously crafted HTML page, which then enables the attacker to access sensitive information. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-87523 and is categorized under CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use race condition). No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the browser environment. However, the impact is limited by the requirement for social engineering and the low severity rating assigned by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 153.0.8010.36 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
CVE-2026-87523: Race condition in Google Chrome
Description
Race condition in DataTransfer in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability is a race condition in the DataTransfer implementation within Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36. Exploitation requires social engineering to lure a user to a maliciously crafted HTML page, which then enables the attacker to access sensitive information. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-87523 and is categorized under CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use race condition). No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the browser environment. However, the impact is limited by the requirement for social engineering and the low severity rating assigned by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 153.0.8010.36 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-hgjr-w9mf-43m9
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-87523"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6aa15f94acd9273b49618be3
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 13:31:00 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 14:13:16 UTC
Last updated: 09/09/2026, 23:52:00 UTC
Views: 3
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