Description
Race condition in Transactions Platform in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to spoof UI elements via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: UI Spoofing
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The CVE describes a race condition inside the Transactions Platform component of Google Chrome. The flaw is a use‑after‑free bug (CWE‑367) combined with improper resource handling (CWE‑825). A remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can trigger the race condition with a crafted HTML page, causing the browser to spoof UI elements. This can be leveraged for social‑engineering attacks because the forged interface may appear legitimate to the user.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome on all platforms that run a release prior to version 156.0.8078.47 is affected. The issue is confined to the stable channel updates for desktop versions.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.8 classifies the vulnerability as high severity, though Chromium security notes it as Medium because the attacker must first escape the renderer sandbox. The EPSS score is reported as less than 1 %, indicating a very low probability of exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Attack requires remote access to a compromised renderer process and is exploited via a crafted HTML page that triggers the race condition, potentially allowing UI spoofing but not arbitrary code execution.

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 to apply the race‑condition fix.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, use Chrome Enterprise policies to disable or restrict access to the Transactions Platform or to web content that could trigger the vulnerability.
  • Implement network filtering or content protection controls to block delivery of malicious HTML pages that could exploit the race condition.

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

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free in Transactions Platform in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) Race condition in Transactions Platform in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to spoof UI elements via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-367

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +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 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in Transactions Platform
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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 Use after free in Transactions Platform in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T21:20:45.355Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T22:59:23.703Z

Link: CVE-2026-113115

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T23:11:44.395Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-10-20T22:19:03.530

Modified: 2026-11-03T22:18:34.313

Link: CVE-2026-113115

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-20T21:02:14Z

Links: CVE-2026-113115 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

Weaknesses
  • CWE-367

    Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

  • CWE-825

    Expired Pointer Dereference