CVE-2026-95278
HIGH 8.4Missing authorization in WakeLock in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.4), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 16th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.4CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862: Missing authorization
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
All currently supported Red Hat products · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | < 154.0.8037.57 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.4 v3.1 · ADP Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.4 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisories
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0856730748.html CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-09-29T17:31:56.220Z
NVD · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-02T19:45:21.407
Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-95278.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-89148 EUVD · EUVD-2026-89148
Technical & other
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497344014 CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-09-29T17:31:56.220Z
NVD · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-02T19:45:21.407
Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95278 Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-95278 Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95278 Red Hat · CVE-2026-95278 · Updated 2026-10-07T20:27:59+00:00