UI misrepresentation in UI in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to spoof UI elements via… (CVE-2026-87559)
A UI misrepresentation vulnerability exists in Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. This flaw allows a remote attacker to use social engineering techniques to spoof UI elements by crafting malicious HTML pages. The vulnerability is classified with medium severity by Chromium security. No CVSS score or exploit in the wild is currently reported.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-87559 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36 where an attacker can create a crafted HTML page that causes the browser to misrepresent UI elements. This UI spoofing can be leveraged through social engineering to deceive users. The issue is categorized under CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation). There is no detailed technical exploit information or CVSS score available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to deceive users by displaying spoofed UI elements, potentially leading to phishing or other social engineering attacks. However, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The impact is limited to UI misrepresentation without direct code execution or privilege escalation reported.
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. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No alternative mitigations are indicated.
UI misrepresentation in UI in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to spoof UI elements via… (CVE-2026-87559)
Description
A UI misrepresentation vulnerability exists in Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36. This flaw allows a remote attacker to use social engineering techniques to spoof UI elements by crafting malicious HTML pages. The vulnerability is classified with medium severity by Chromium security. No CVSS score or exploit in the wild is currently reported.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-87559 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome before version 153.0.8010.36 where an attacker can create a crafted HTML page that causes the browser to misrepresent UI elements. This UI spoofing can be leveraged through social engineering to deceive users. The issue is categorized under CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation). There is no detailed technical exploit information or CVSS score available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to deceive users by displaying spoofed UI elements, potentially leading to phishing or other social engineering attacks. However, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The impact is limited to UI misrepresentation without direct code execution or privilege escalation reported.
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. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No alternative mitigations are indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-6h32-qw83-w9rx
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-87559"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6aa15f93acd9273b49618bbd
Added to database: 09/09/2026, 13:30:59 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 14:12:27 UTC
Last updated: 09/09/2026, 20:51:59 UTC
Views: 3
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