CVE-2026-17981: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17981 is a vulnerability in the Blink component of Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It allows a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium severity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor advisory does not explicitly confirm a patch status but references a stable channel update.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation in Blink, the rendering engine used by Google Chrome, which could be exploited by a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data through a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and user interaction but can result in limited confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, allowing an attacker to leak cross-origin data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. This could potentially expose sensitive information from other origins within the browser context.
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 mitigate the risk. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the advisory, but the referenced stable channel update suggests the issue is fixed in this release.
CVE-2026-17981: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17981 is a vulnerability in the Blink component of Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It allows a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium severity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor advisory does not explicitly confirm a patch status but references a stable channel update.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation in Blink, the rendering engine used by Google Chrome, which could be exploited by a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data through a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and user interaction but can result in limited confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, allowing an attacker to leak cross-origin data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. This could potentially expose sensitive information from other origins within the browser context.
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 mitigate the risk. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the advisory, but the referenced stable channel update suggests the issue is fixed in this release.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:12.537Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0af9c2644c7f849bd4b
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:07 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:24:01 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 22:01:31 UTC
Views: 76
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