Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5895

 

Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5895

Published: April 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU125640
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-5895
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Omnibox in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-5895

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 147.0.7727.55
Microsoft Edge - update to 147.0.3912.60
Google Chrome - update to 147.0.7727.55
chromium - addressed in versions 147.0.7727.55-1.el9, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_1, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_2, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_3, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc42, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc43, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc44, 147.0.7727.101-1.fc42
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 147.0.7727.55-1~deb12u1, 147.0.7727.55-1~deb13u1

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