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CVE-2026-17739: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-17739cvecve-2026-17739
Published: 07/30/2026 (07/30/2026, 00:19:08 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Google
Product: Chrome

Description

CVE-2026-17739 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome Extensions, allowing an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML, leading to a UXSS (Universal Cross-Site Scripting) condition.

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.2medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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, 17:18:50 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability arises from insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome Extensions in versions before 151.0.7922.72. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted malicious extension, which then can inject arbitrary scripts or HTML into the browser context, resulting in a UXSS vulnerability. The CVSS score is 4.2 (medium severity), reflecting limited impact with requirements for user interaction and high attack complexity.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML via a malicious Chrome Extension, potentially leading to UXSS attacks. This can compromise the confidentiality and integrity of data accessible through the browser. However, exploitation requires user interaction (installing the malicious extension) and has high attack complexity, limiting widespread impact.

Mitigation Recommendations

Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is addressed. The vendor advisory linked confirms the availability of this update. No additional mitigations are specified.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Chrome
Date Reserved
2026-07-27T23:34:34.819Z
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]

Threat ID: 6a6aa0889c2644c7f849aa23

Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:28 UTC

Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:18:50 UTC

Last updated: 09/12/2026, 22:01:31 UTC

Views: 52

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