Confused Deputy in DevTools (Chrome <154.0.8037.57)
CVE-2026-95361 Published on September 29, 2026
Confused deputy in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-95361 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Confused Deputy Vulnerability?
The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor.
CVE-2026-95361 has been classified to as a Confused Deputy vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-95361
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 154.0.8037.57 and below 154.0.8037.57 is affected.