CVE-2026-5900: Policy bypass in Google Chrome
Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass of multi-download protections via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a policy bypass in the Downloads component of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Specifically, it enables a remote attacker to bypass multi-download protections by leveraging a crafted HTML page. The issue was assigned CVE-2026-5900 and is considered low severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released an update in Chrome version 147.0.7727.55 to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to bypassing multi-download protections in Chrome, which could potentially allow an attacker to initiate multiple downloads without user consent or notification. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The severity is assessed as low by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 147.0.7727.55. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-5900: Policy bypass in Google Chrome
Description
Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass of multi-download protections via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a policy bypass in the Downloads component of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.55. Specifically, it enables a remote attacker to bypass multi-download protections by leveraging a crafted HTML page. The issue was assigned CVE-2026-5900 and is considered low severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released an update in Chrome version 147.0.7727.55 to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to bypassing multi-download protections in Chrome, which could potentially allow an attacker to initiate multiple downloads without user consent or notification. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The severity is assessed as low by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 147.0.7727.55. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-08T19:34:42.921Z
- 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: 69d6ca401cc7ad14dab3cda0
Added to database: 4/8/2026, 9:36:00 PM
Last enriched: 4/8/2026, 9:52:33 PM
Last updated: 4/9/2026, 8:14:09 AM
Views: 6
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