CVE-2022-2856: Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 39 days before the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 4.6%
EPSS score, percentile 91.6 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 104.0.5112.101
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2856
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 104.0.5112.101 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Google Chromium Intents contains an insufficient validation of untrusted input vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2022-2856 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 18 Aug 2022.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 8 Sep 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 26 Sep 2022, 39 days after it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.6% (percentile 91.6), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
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| CISA due date for the required action | |
| CVE record published | |
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References
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