CVE-2026-17788: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17788 is a medium severity vulnerability in Google Chrome's Blink rendering engine prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It allows a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data by using a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability but can lead to unauthorized disclosure of information across origins.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability arises from an inappropriate implementation in the Blink component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. It enables remote attackers to leak cross-origin data via a specially crafted HTML page. The issue is classified under CWE-346, indicating improper authorization. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium), with attack vector network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and confidentiality impact only.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely cause cross-origin data leakage, potentially exposing sensitive information from other origins. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction and does not require privileges.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 which addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-17788: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17788 is a medium severity vulnerability in Google Chrome's Blink rendering engine prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It allows a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data by using a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability but can lead to unauthorized disclosure of information across origins.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability arises from an inappropriate implementation in the Blink component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. It enables remote attackers to leak cross-origin data via a specially crafted HTML page. The issue is classified under CWE-346, indicating improper authorization. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium), with attack vector network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and confidentiality impact only.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely cause cross-origin data leakage, potentially exposing sensitive information from other origins. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction and does not require privileges.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 which addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:46.021Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0919c2644c7f849b24c
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:43:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 36
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