Technical impact
The FoldableAPIs component of Google Chrome implements functionality that, before version 149.0.7827.53, contains an inappropriate construction that allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation. The flaw is a misuse of security controls that normally enforce process isolation for each site. This issue is categorized under CWE-693 and CWE-653. While the Chromium team rates this issue as low severity, it still permits isolation break between sites, exposing data from other tabs or sites that share the same process space.
Affected Systems
Google Chrome browsers less than version 149.0.7827.53 are affected. This encompasses all desktop installations running those legacy builds.
Risk and Exploitability
Exploitation requires compromising the renderer process, typically through a malicious site that has already bypassed normal protection mechanisms. Once renderer control is achieved, the attacker can serve a crafted HTML page to the vulnerable component and force Chrome to treat remote content as part of the same site. Because the EPSS score is reported as < 1% and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, the potential for widespread exploitation is currently low, though the impact on isolation between tabs remains significant. The low Chromium severity and the CVSS score of 4.3 suggest that the overall risk to system integrity is modest but isolation boundaries can be broken.
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