Description
Race condition in Sensor in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote code execution
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Race condition in the Sensor component of Google Chrome versions prior to 156.0.8078.47 allows a remote attacker, after compromising the renderer process, to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox through a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a classic concurrency flaw (CWE‑362) that can be triggered by timing differences in shared state access.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome versions before 156.0.8078.47 are impacted. Users must upgrade to this version or newer to remove the vulnerability.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.8 reflects high severity. The EPSS score is < 1%, indicating a very low probability of exploitation, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Likely exploitation requires a malicious website that first compromises the renderer process; the attacker then triggers the race condition in the Sensor component to escape the sandbox and run code with elevated privileges.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on November 4, 2026 at 12:07 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Chrome to version 156.0.8078.47 or later, which contains the patch that fixes the race condition.
  • If an update cannot be applied immediately, enable stricter sandboxing or use no‑sandbox/isolated service worker flags to protect the renderer process, thereby reducing the chance that a race condition can lead to code execution.
  • Disable or restrict access to the Sensor API for untrusted or non‑HTTPS sites via Content Security Policy or Chrome flags to narrow the opportunity for an attacker to trigger the flaw.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on November 4, 2026 at 12:07 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4853-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6577-1 chromium security update
History

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Potential remote code execution in Chrome Sensor via crafted HTML

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory corruption in Sensor in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) Race condition in Sensor in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-362

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Potential remote code execution in Chrome Sensor via crafted HTML

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory corruption in Sensor in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-119
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T21:20:43.993Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T22:54:42.360Z

Link: CVE-2026-113059

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T23:12:40.527Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-10-20T22:18:57.277

Modified: 2026-11-03T22:18:23.203

Link: CVE-2026-113059

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T12:15:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-362

    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')