CVE-2026-17713: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17713 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android affecting versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Accessibility component, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input within the Accessibility feature. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to escape the browser's sandbox environment. The sandbox escape could lead to elevated privileges and potentially full compromise of the affected device. The issue affects Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. No explicit remediation level is stated in the provided data, but a vendor advisory URL is available for further details.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to escape the sandbox from the renderer process, leading to potential full compromise of the device running the vulnerable Chrome version. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system, as indicated by the CVSS vector. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. The vendor advisory linked should be consulted for official update instructions and confirmation of the patch status.
CVE-2026-17713: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17713 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android affecting versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Accessibility component, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input within the Accessibility feature. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to escape the browser's sandbox environment. The sandbox escape could lead to elevated privileges and potentially full compromise of the affected device. The issue affects Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. No explicit remediation level is stated in the provided data, but a vendor advisory URL is available for further details.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to escape the sandbox from the renderer process, leading to potential full compromise of the device running the vulnerable Chrome version. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system, as indicated by the CVSS vector. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. The vendor advisory linked should be consulted for official update instructions and confirmation of the patch status.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:28.912Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0859c2644c7f849a94d
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:25 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:36:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 39
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