CVE-2026-87436
Description
A flaw was found in Chromium. A remote attacker, leveraging social engineering, could exploit an incomplete cleanup vulnerability in the browser. This could allow the attacker to bypass the web origin policy through a specially crafted extension, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information or actions.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Other,Confidentiality,Integrity
Technical Impact: Other; Read Application Data; Modify Application Data; DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
It is possible to overflow the number of temporary files because directories typically have limits on the number of files allowed. This could create a denial of service problem.
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