CVE-2026-18000: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-18000 is a low severity vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient policy enforcement related to USB functionality, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability and requires user interaction with high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android arises from insufficient policy enforcement in the USB component. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw to leak cross-origin data by crafting a malicious HTML page. The issue is tracked as CWE-346 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity) and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.1, indicating low severity. It affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, specifically the potential leakage of cross-origin data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. Exploitation requires a compromised renderer process and user interaction, with a high attack complexity. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vendor advisory linked indicates a stable channel update for Chrome, implying that version 151.0.7922.72 includes the fix. Users should update to Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 or later on Android to remediate this vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the advisory content provided, so users should verify the update details in the official Google Chrome release notes.
CVE-2026-18000: Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-18000 is a low severity vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient policy enforcement related to USB functionality, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability and requires user interaction with high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.1low
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome on Android arises from insufficient policy enforcement in the USB component. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw to leak cross-origin data by crafting a malicious HTML page. The issue is tracked as CWE-346 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity) and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.1, indicating low severity. It affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to confidentiality, specifically the potential leakage of cross-origin data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. Exploitation requires a compromised renderer process and user interaction, with a high attack complexity. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
The vendor advisory linked indicates a stable channel update for Chrome, implying that version 151.0.7922.72 includes the fix. Users should update to Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 or later on Android to remediate this vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the advisory content provided, so users should verify the update details in the official Google Chrome release notes.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:16.065Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0b29c2644c7f849c08b
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:10 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:31:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:58:09 UTC
Views: 40
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