CVE-2026-17720: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17720 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving insufficient policy enforcement in the Passwords component. This flaw allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.1 and is classified as CWE-346 (Insufficient Authorization).
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Passwords feature involves insufficient enforcement of security policies, enabling a remote attacker with control over the renderer process to leak data from other origins by using a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, high attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction, resulting in low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this vulnerability to leak cross-origin data, potentially exposing sensitive information from other web origins. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality with no integrity or availability effects. The overall severity is low according to the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
No explicit patch or remediation level is stated in the provided data. The vendor advisory URL points to a Chrome stable channel update announcement, which likely includes the fix in version 151.0.7922.72. Users should update to Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. Patch status is not yet confirmed explicitly; check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
CVE-2026-17720: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17720 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving insufficient policy enforcement in the Passwords component. This flaw allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.1 and is classified as CWE-346 (Insufficient Authorization).
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.1low
Affected software
Chrome
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Passwords feature involves insufficient enforcement of security policies, enabling a remote attacker with control over the renderer process to leak data from other origins by using a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, high attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction, resulting in low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this vulnerability to leak cross-origin data, potentially exposing sensitive information from other web origins. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality with no integrity or availability effects. The overall severity is low according to the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
No explicit patch or remediation level is stated in the provided data. The vendor advisory URL points to a Chrome stable channel update announcement, which likely includes the fix in version 151.0.7922.72. Users should update to Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. Patch status is not yet confirmed explicitly; check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:30.484Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0869c2644c7f849a990
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:26 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:27:40 UTC
Last updated: 09/11/2026, 19:31:53 UTC
Views: 42
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