CVE-2026-13945: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-13945 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome on Linux platforms prior to version 150.0.7871.47. It involves insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome Extensions, allowing an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension to perform UI spoofing via a crafted extension. The issue is rated medium severity by Chromium security. There is no CVSS score provided for this vulnerability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability arises from insufficient enforcement of extension policies in Google Chrome on Linux before version 150.0.7871.47. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into installing a malicious Chrome extension, which can then perform UI spoofing attacks. This could mislead users by presenting deceptive user interface elements within the browser. The vulnerability is specific to Linux versions of Chrome and is addressed starting with version 150.0.7871.47.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to UI spoofing, which can deceive users into believing they are interacting with legitimate browser UI elements or websites. This could facilitate phishing or other social engineering attacks but does not indicate direct code execution or privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires user interaction to install a malicious extension, limiting its exploitation scope.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available: users should update Google Chrome on Linux to version 150.0.7871.47 or later. There is no indication of any temporary workarounds or mitigations. Users should avoid installing extensions from untrusted sources to reduce risk.
CVE-2026-13945: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-13945 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome on Linux platforms prior to version 150.0.7871.47. It involves insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome Extensions, allowing an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension to perform UI spoofing via a crafted extension. The issue is rated medium severity by Chromium security. There is no CVSS score provided for this vulnerability.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability arises from insufficient enforcement of extension policies in Google Chrome on Linux before version 150.0.7871.47. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into installing a malicious Chrome extension, which can then perform UI spoofing attacks. This could mislead users by presenting deceptive user interface elements within the browser. The vulnerability is specific to Linux versions of Chrome and is addressed starting with version 150.0.7871.47.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to UI spoofing, which can deceive users into believing they are interacting with legitimate browser UI elements or websites. This could facilitate phishing or other social engineering attacks but does not indicate direct code execution or privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires user interaction to install a malicious extension, limiting its exploitation scope.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available: users should update Google Chrome on Linux to version 150.0.7871.47 or later. There is no indication of any temporary workarounds or mitigations. Users should avoid installing extensions from untrusted sources to reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-29T23:03:58.505Z
- 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: 6a444c2227e9c7971985cd85
Added to database: 06/30/2026, 23:07:14 UTC
Last enriched: 07/01/2026, 02:52:36 UTC
Last updated: 07/01/2026, 02:52:36 UTC
Views: 2
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