Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-8561

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Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-8561

Published: May 14, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131517
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-2026-8561
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 Fullscreen 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-2026-8561

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 148.0.7778.167
Microsoft Edge - update to 148.0.3967.70
Google Chrome - update to 148.0.7778.167
chromium - addressed in versions 148.0.7778.167-1.el9, 148.0.7778.167-1.el10_1, 148.0.7778.167-1.el10_2, 148.0.7778.167-1.el10_3, 148.0.7778.167-1.fc42, 148.0.7778.167-1.fc43, 148.0.7778.167-1.fc44, 148.0.7778.178-1.fc42, 148.0.7778.178-1.fc43
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 148.0.7778.167-1~deb12u1, 148.0.7778.167-1~deb13u1

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