CVE-2026-13920: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-13920 is a medium severity vulnerability in Google Chrome on Windows prior to version 150.0.7871.47. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Media component, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability affects desktop versions of Chrome on Windows and has no known exploits in the wild at the time of publication.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Media component on Windows arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape, potentially increasing their privileges on the affected system. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 150.0.7871.47, which fixes the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
A successful exploit could allow an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to elevated privileges or further system compromise. However, this requires prior compromise of the renderer process and is rated as medium severity by Chromium security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 150.0.7871.47 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked.
CVE-2026-13920: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-13920 is a medium severity vulnerability in Google Chrome on Windows prior to version 150.0.7871.47. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Media component, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability affects desktop versions of Chrome on Windows and has no known exploits in the wild at the time of publication.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Media component on Windows arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape, potentially increasing their privileges on the affected system. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 150.0.7871.47, which fixes the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
A successful exploit could allow an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to elevated privileges or further system compromise. However, this requires prior compromise of the renderer process and is rated as medium severity by Chromium security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 150.0.7871.47 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-29T23:03:52.341Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a444c1f27e9c7971985ccc7
Added to database: 06/30/2026, 23:07:11 UTC
Last enriched: 07/01/2026, 03:07:40 UTC
Last updated: 07/01/2026, 03:07:40 UTC
Views: 2
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