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CVE-2026-76019: Incorrect authorization in Google Chrome

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High
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-76019cvecve-2026-76019
Published: 08/20/2026 (08/20/2026, 20:51:19 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Google
Product: Chrome

Description

CVE-2026-76019 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.173 involving incorrect authorization in Workers. It allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process and uses social engineering to bypass the web origin policy via a crafted HTML page.

Affected software

google/chrome
pkg:deb/google/chrome
Affected versions
<151.0.7922.173

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AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 08/20/2026, 21:08:15 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability in Google Chrome's Workers component allows incorrect authorization checks that can be exploited by a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process. By leveraging social engineering and a crafted HTML page, the attacker can bypass the web origin policy, potentially leading to unauthorized access to web resources. The issue affects Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.173.

Potential Impact

The impact is a bypass of the web origin policy, which is a fundamental security control in browsers to isolate web content from different origins. This could allow unauthorized access to sensitive data or actions within the browser context if the renderer process is compromised and the attacker successfully tricks a user via social engineering.

Mitigation Recommendations

The vulnerability is fixed in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.173. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. The vendor advisory linked provides the official update information. No additional mitigations are specified.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Chrome
Date Reserved
2026-08-18T19:28:09.462Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0404570826.html","vendor":"Google"}]

Threat ID: 6a876922acd9273b491d066f

Added to database: 08/20/2026, 20:52:50 UTC

Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 21:08:15 UTC

Last updated: 08/20/2026, 23:31:24 UTC

Views: 5

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