Impact
An inappropriate implementation in the Preload feature of Google Chrome allowed a remote attacker to leak cross‑origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability can expose sensitive content from other origins, leading to a confidentiality breach. The Chromium security team rated the issue as low severity, but the potential data exposure remains significant for users visiting maliciously crafted sites.
Affected Systems
Google Chrome is affected, specifically any installation prior to version 148.0.7778.96. Users running these older Chrome releases are susceptible to the data leakage flaw.
Risk and Exploitability
The EPSS score is not available and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no known widespread exploitation at this time. The likely attack vector is remote, stemming from a maliciously crafted web page that the victim loads. An attacker can exploit the bug by tricking a user’s browser into loading a specially designed page that triggers the Preload mechanism, thereby leaking data from a different origin. While the severity rating is low, the confidentiality impact is real and remediation is advised.
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