Chrome ReadingMode missing authorization may allow site isolation bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Google Chrome before 155.0.8059.79 is affected. A missing authorization check in ReadingMode (CWE-862) potentially lets a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process bypass site isolation through a crafted HTML page. The attack also requires social engineering to get a user to open the page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Missing authorization in ReadingMode in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.79 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to potentially bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.79 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Chrome (Google) Fixed in 155.0.8059.79
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Google Chrome 155.0.8059.79
37 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 27 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-73722 Use after free in Google Chrome on Android allows code executionPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-73718 Use after free in Google Chrome Network allows remote code executionPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-73709 Heap-based buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome on AndroidPriority MEDIUM 43
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110160
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-2mpf-g8rv-jrxf
- 2026-10-14 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More Google Chrome vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-09686 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-07390 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04898 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04600 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04346 Use after free in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2023-05824 Integer overflow in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-110160 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110160 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mpf-g8rv-jrxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-110160 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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