CVE-2026-17780: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Inappropriate implementation in Isolated Web Apps in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation in the Isolated Web Apps feature of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. It permits a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.3, indicating medium severity, with attack vector network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely bypass navigation restrictions in Chrome's Isolated Web Apps, which may lead to unauthorized actions or information disclosure within the context of these apps. The impact is limited to low confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss as per the CVSS score. No active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vulnerability affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this issue. The vendor advisory is available at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the advisory content provided here, but the presence of a fixed version implies that updating to 151.0.7922.72 addresses the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-17780: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Isolated Web Apps in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation in the Isolated Web Apps feature of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. It permits a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.3, indicating medium severity, with attack vector network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely bypass navigation restrictions in Chrome's Isolated Web Apps, which may lead to unauthorized actions or information disclosure within the context of these apps. The impact is limited to low confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss as per the CVSS score. No active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vulnerability affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this issue. The vendor advisory is available at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the advisory content provided here, but the presence of a fixed version implies that updating to 151.0.7922.72 addresses the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:44.078Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0919c2644c7f849b22c
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 16:38:26 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 13:54:35 UTC
Views: 53
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