Incorrect authorization in Google Chrome Input allows origin bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Google Chrome versions prior to 156.0.8078.79 contain an incorrect authorization flaw in Input (CWE-863). A remote attacker who uses social engineering can bypass the web origin policy by getting a user to open a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates the flaw's security severity as High.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Incorrect authorization in Input in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy 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
- Total
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 version 156.0.8078.79. The sources list no other fixed versions for Chrome.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA Chrome (Google) Fixed in 156.0.8078.79
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Google Chrome 156.0.8078.79
21 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 13 MEDIUM, 8 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82801 Buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome allows sandbox escapePriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-82803 Use after free in Google Chrome GarbageCollectionPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-82810 Incorrect reference resolution in CacheStorage in Google ChromePriority MEDIUM 40
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76031
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-h33g-hwp9-mfhw
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-31 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-31 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Title updated · CNA
- 2026-11-03 Weakness changed · CNA
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-2026-76031 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-76031 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h33g-hwp9-mfhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-76031 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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