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Google Chrome DevTools UI Spoofing Vulnerability via Malicious Extension

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Google Chrome's DevTools component, affecting versions prior to 148.0.7778.96, allowed for UI spoofing. This issue arose from insufficient policy enforcement, which enabled an attacker to convince a user to install a malicious extension that could manipulate the user interface.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to UI spoofing, where an attacker manipulates the appearance of the user interface to deceive users.

Remediation

Users can update to Google Chrome version 148.0.7778.96 or later to address this vulnerability.

Added: May 6, 2026, 7:36 PM
Updated: May 6, 2026, 7:36 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
0.6
exploitability
4.2
remediation
7.7
relevance
7.6
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.