CVE-2026-5896: Policy bypass in Google Chrome
Policy bypass in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to bypass sandbox download restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's audio handling allows a remote attacker to bypass sandbox download restrictions by convincing a user to perform certain UI gestures on a maliciously crafted HTML page. It affects versions prior to 147.0.7727.55. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure).
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass sandbox download restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized downloads or data exposure within the browser sandbox environment. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact. Exploitation requires user interaction, reducing the likelihood of automated exploitation. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 147.0.7727.55 which addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-5896: Policy bypass in Google Chrome
Description
Policy bypass in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to bypass sandbox download restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Google Chrome's audio handling allows a remote attacker to bypass sandbox download restrictions by convincing a user to perform certain UI gestures on a maliciously crafted HTML page. It affects versions prior to 147.0.7727.55. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure).
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass sandbox download restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized downloads or data exposure within the browser sandbox environment. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact. Exploitation requires user interaction, reducing the likelihood of automated exploitation. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 147.0.7727.55 which addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-08T19:34:41.736Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 69d6ca3e1cc7ad14dab3cd6a
Added to database: 4/8/2026, 9:35:58 PM
Last enriched: 4/16/2026, 11:36:33 AM
Last updated: 5/24/2026, 10:34:01 AM
Views: 50
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