Race condition in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to spoof UI elements via… (CVE-2026-87615)
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Payments component of Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. This flaw allows a remote attacker, using social engineering techniques and a crafted HTML page, to spoof user interface elements. The Chromium security team has rated this vulnerability as medium severity. No CVSS score or known exploits in the wild have been reported. No explicit affected versions were provided beyond the version fixed in 153.0.8010.36.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-87615 is a race condition vulnerability in the Payments feature of Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36. The flaw enables a remote attacker to manipulate UI elements by exploiting a timing issue, potentially misleading users through spoofed interface components. The attack requires social engineering and a crafted HTML page to trigger the issue. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-362 (Race Condition). There is no CVSS score available, and no known active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
An attacker could remotely cause the browser to display spoofed UI elements within the Payments feature, potentially deceiving users into performing unintended actions. The impact is limited to UI spoofing and does not indicate direct code execution or data compromise. The severity is assessed as medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 153.0.8010.36. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the browser update. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
Race condition in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to spoof UI elements via… (CVE-2026-87615)
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Payments component of Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. This flaw allows a remote attacker, using social engineering techniques and a crafted HTML page, to spoof user interface elements. The Chromium security team has rated this vulnerability as medium severity. No CVSS score or known exploits in the wild have been reported. No explicit affected versions were provided beyond the version fixed in 153.0.8010.36.
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-87615 is a race condition vulnerability in the Payments feature of Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36. The flaw enables a remote attacker to manipulate UI elements by exploiting a timing issue, potentially misleading users through spoofed interface components. The attack requires social engineering and a crafted HTML page to trigger the issue. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-362 (Race Condition). There is no CVSS score available, and no known active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
An attacker could remotely cause the browser to display spoofed UI elements within the Payments feature, potentially deceiving users into performing unintended actions. The impact is limited to UI spoofing and does not indicate direct code execution or data compromise. The severity is assessed as medium by the Chromium security team.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 153.0.8010.36. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the browser update. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-j8jq-wgxp-c4gw
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-87615"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6aa15f90acd9273b49618a6f
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 13:30:56 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 14:05:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/09/2026, 18:52:00 UTC
Views: 4
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