User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information Affecting chromium package, versions [,139.0.7232.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-11789684
  • published13 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Aug 2025
  • creditShaheen Fazim

Introduced: 7 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-8583  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-451  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 139.0.7232.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information via the handling of kKeyPressed and kKeyReleased events for permission-relevant prompts. An attacker can deceive users by presenting misleading interface elements through a specially crafted HTML page, causing them to trigger unintentional key event actions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1