What is CVE-2022-1306?

CVE-2022-1306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-1306?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2022-1306

Inappropriate implementation in compositing in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2022-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1299287 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1306?: CVE-2022-1306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-1306?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.