Chrome DevTools: bypass system access limits (fix 156.0.8078.47)

critical severity ยท published 2026-10-20

A local attacker can get around the limits on what a web page may access on the system through a local program, using a missing authorization flaw in the DevTools component of Chrome. Chromium rates it Low.

Fixed in: 156.0.8078.47

CVE: CVE-2026-113186

Source: NVD

Get the fix

Fixlane has a reviewed fix procedure for this incident: a read-only check first, then the fix. Ask the Telegram bot, or connect an AI agent to the Fixlane MCP server and call get_fix_prompt with incident id 375 and your operating system.