CVE-2026-17743: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Insufficient policy enforcement in ControlledFrame in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17743 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in the ControlledFrame feature of Google Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. This weakness permits a remote attacker to bypass the same origin policy by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) and is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a network attack vector with low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass the same origin policy, potentially allowing unauthorized script execution or manipulation of content across different origins. This compromises the integrity of web content isolation but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vulnerability is fixed in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. The vendor advisory linked provides the official update information. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
CVE-2026-17743: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in ControlledFrame in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Chrome
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17743 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in the ControlledFrame feature of Google Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. This weakness permits a remote attacker to bypass the same origin policy by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) and is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a network attack vector with low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass the same origin policy, potentially allowing unauthorized script execution or manipulation of content across different origins. This compromises the integrity of web content isolation but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vulnerability is fixed in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. The vendor advisory linked provides the official update information. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:35.730Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0899c2644c7f849aa41
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:29 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 16:04:11 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 49
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