CVE-2026-17868: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17868 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving insufficient policy enforcement related to USB functionality. This flaw allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 8.8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-17868 in Google Chrome is caused by insufficient enforcement of USB-related policies, which can be exploited by a remote attacker through a crafted HTML page to achieve privilege escalation. This issue affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 indicates a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released a stable update to fix this vulnerability as indicated in the official Chrome release blog.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the user's environment. The impact includes complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system as per the CVSS metrics.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory confirms that a stable channel update has been released to address this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
CVE-2026-17868: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17868 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving insufficient policy enforcement related to USB functionality. This flaw allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 8.8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Chrome
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-17868 in Google Chrome is caused by insufficient enforcement of USB-related policies, which can be exploited by a remote attacker through a crafted HTML page to achieve privilege escalation. This issue affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 indicates a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released a stable update to fix this vulnerability as indicated in the official Chrome release blog.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the user's environment. The impact includes complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system as per the CVSS metrics.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory confirms that a stable channel update has been released to address this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:35:08.088Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa09c9c2644c7f849b760
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:48 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:02:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
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