CVE-2026-17739: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
CVE-2026-17739: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google 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
Affected software
Chrome
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
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.
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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