Omnibox spoofing via crafted HTML
Published Jan 20, 2026 · Updated Jan 20, 2026
Incorrect security UI in Google Chrome for Android before 144.0.7559.59 allows remote attackers to spoof the Omnibox via crafted HTML. Google has not published the faulty UI operation; the linked Chromium issue requires sign-in and exposes no technical details. Reachability requires Chrome for Android to render attacker-controlled HTML; the bounded impact is URL-bar misrepresentation, not reported data access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect security UI in Google Chrome for Android before 144.0.7559.59 allows remote attackers to spoof the Omnibox via crafted HTML. Google has not published the faulty UI operation; the linked Chromium issue requires sign-in and exposes no technical details. Reachability requires Chrome for Android to render attacker-controlled HTML; the bounded impact is URL-bar misrepresentation, not reported data access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0906
- Published
- Jan 20, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-451, T1036
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=144.0.7559.59 <144.0.7559.59
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