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CVE-2026-17720: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-17720cvecve-2026-17720
Published: 07/30/2026 (07/30/2026, 00:19:02 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Google
Product: 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

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected software

Google

Chrome

Affected versions
>=151.0.7922.72 <151.0.7922.72

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 08/06/2026, 17:27:40 UTC

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.

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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

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