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chrome android security
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Discussions on WindowsForum about Chrome Android security focus on a series of high-severity CVEs disclosed in June 2026, all patched in Chrome for Android versions 149.0.7827.53 or later. Recurring themes include GPU sandbox escapes, use-after-free flaws, same-origin bypasses, UI spoofing, and drag-and-drop vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution or sandbox escape via crafted HTML pages. Several threads highlight discrepancies between Google's severity ratings and NVD/CISA scores, and the importance of update chains for mobile browsers. The tag covers Chrome Android-specific vulnerabilities, their impact on enterprise fleets and BYOD policies, and broader lessons about browser security boundaries and vulnerability database accuracy.
Google and NVD published CVE-2026-11672 in June 2026 as a high-severity Chrome-on-Android GPU heap buffer overflow fixed before version 149.0.7827.103, with NVD’s initial configuration tying vulnerable Chrome builds to Android rather than listing a separate Android Chrome product CPE. The...
Google Chrome for Android versions earlier than 149.0.7827.53 are affected by CVE-2026-10959, a high-severity use-after-free flaw in the browser’s Input component disclosed on June 4, 2026, that can let a remote attacker execute code inside Chrome’s sandbox through a crafted HTML page. The bug...
Google Chrome for Android before version 149.0.7827.53 contained CVE-2026-11226, a PreviewTab policy-enforcement flaw disclosed on June 4, 2026, that could let a remote attacker bypass the browser’s same-origin policy after persuading a user to perform specific UI gestures. The vulnerability is...
Google Chrome on Android versions before 149.0.7827.53 were assigned CVE-2026-11175 on June 4, 2026, after Google disclosed that a crafted HTML page could spoof security-related UI in the browser’s Messages surface. The flaw is not a classic memory-corruption emergency, but it lands in a class...
Google’s CVE-2026-11082 is a Chrome-on-Android GPU race condition disclosed on June 4, 2026, affecting versions before 149.0.7827.53 and potentially allowing a renderer-compromising attacker to escape the browser sandbox through a crafted HTML page. The oddity is not merely the bug; it is the...
Google assigned CVE-2026-11029 to an insufficient-input-validation flaw in Chrome’s Drag and Drop handling on Android, fixed before version 149.0.7827.53 and published by NVD on June 4, 2026, where it remains without a final NIST CVSS score. The dry wording understates the interesting part: this...