CVE-2026-18002: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-18002 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome's Google Lens feature prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Google Lens component arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape. This could lead to elevated privileges beyond the renderer sandbox, potentially compromising the host system. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to escape the renderer sandbox, leading to full compromise of the host system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, as indicated by the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html confirms the availability of this update. No other mitigations are specified.
CVE-2026-18002: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-18002 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome's Google Lens feature prior to version 151.0.7922.72. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input, which could allow a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Google Lens component arises from insufficient validation of untrusted input. An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape. This could lead to elevated privileges beyond the renderer sandbox, potentially compromising the host system. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to escape the renderer sandbox, leading to full compromise of the host system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, as indicated by the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html confirms the availability of this update. No other mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:16.427Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0b29c2644c7f849c093
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:10 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:46:05 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 20:49:08 UTC
Views: 44
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