CVE-2026-3545 is a high-severity insufficient data validation vulnerability in the Navigation component of Google Chrome prior to 145.0.7632.159. The flaw can be triggered by a crafted HTML page and allows a compromised renderer process to induce incorrect browser-side handling during navigation, resulting in a sandbox escape. Available reporting indicates the vulnerable condition stems from inadequate validation of navigation-related data crossing trust boundaries between the renderer and the browser, enabling the browser to be tricked into reading local files that should not be accessible to web content.
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Critical vulnerability in Chrome's Navigation component that allowed a compromised renderer to escape the sandbox and force the browser to read local user files.
A critical sandbox escape vulnerability in Google Chrome's Navigation component that could allow the browser to be tricked into reading local files from a user's system.
A critical Chrome sandbox escape vulnerability caused by insufficient data validation in Navigation, allowing a compromised renderer to trick the browser into reading local files via crafted HTML pages.
High-severity insufficient data validation vulnerability in Google Chrome Navigation component.
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