custom tabs

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The custom tabs tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Chrome Custom Tabs on Android, a feature that allows apps to display web content in a customized browser tab without leaving the app. Recent content highlights a security vulnerability, CVE-2026-11278, affecting Chrome on Android versions before 149.0.7827.53, which involved an origin-validation flaw in Custom Tabs that could leak cross-origin data. This tag explores how Custom Tabs function as a critical infrastructure component for mobile apps, handling identity flows, payments, and sign-ins, and the security implications of this integration. Topics include patching strategies for IT teams and the broader role of browsers as mobile OS components.
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    CVE-2026-13955: Update Chrome Android to 150.0.7871.47

    Google addressed CVE-2026-13955 in Chrome for Android, with version 150.0.7871.47 identified as the published fix threshold for a CustomTabs input-validation flaw that could allow a local attacker to use a malicious file for UI spoofing. The affected-product data lists Chrome on Android versions...
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    CVE-2026-13863: Update Chrome Android to 150.0.7871.47

    Google disclosed CVE-2026-13863 on June 30, 2026, a CustomTabs flaw affecting Chrome on Android before version 150.0.7871.47 that can let a local attacker escalate privileges through a malicious file, with Chrome rating it Medium and CISA-ADP scoring it 7.8 High. The contradiction in those...
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    CVE-2026-11278: Chrome Android Custom Tabs Info Leak—What IT Teams Should Do

    Google Chrome on Android versions before 149.0.7827.53 contained CVE-2026-11278, a Custom Tabs origin-validation flaw disclosed on June 4, 2026, that could let a local attacker leak cross-origin data through a crafted HTML page. That is the plain fact; the more interesting story is what the bug...
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