CVE-2026-76033: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
A high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.169 involves an inappropriate implementation of CORS that allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. This flaw affects Chrome desktop versions before 151.0.7922.169. No CVSS score is provided, but the issue is rated high severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released an update to address this vulnerability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-76033 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome's implementation of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) prior to version 151.0.7922.169. The flaw allows a remote attacker, who has already compromised the renderer process, to bypass site isolation protections by using a specially crafted HTML page. Site isolation is a critical security feature designed to separate different websites into different processes to prevent data leakage and cross-site attacks. This vulnerability undermines that protection, potentially exposing sensitive data across site boundaries.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables an attacker with control over the renderer process to bypass Chrome's site isolation feature, which could lead to unauthorized access to data from other sites within the browser. This compromises the browser's security model and can facilitate further exploitation or data theft within the affected browser instance.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.169 to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. Since this is a client-side browser vulnerability, applying the official update is the primary remediation step.
CVE-2026-76033: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Description
A high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.169 involves an inappropriate implementation of CORS that allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. This flaw affects Chrome desktop versions before 151.0.7922.169. No CVSS score is provided, but the issue is rated high severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released an update to address this vulnerability.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-76033 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome's implementation of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) prior to version 151.0.7922.169. The flaw allows a remote attacker, who has already compromised the renderer process, to bypass site isolation protections by using a specially crafted HTML page. Site isolation is a critical security feature designed to separate different websites into different processes to prevent data leakage and cross-site attacks. This vulnerability undermines that protection, potentially exposing sensitive data across site boundaries.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables an attacker with control over the renderer process to bypass Chrome's site isolation feature, which could lead to unauthorized access to data from other sites within the browser. This compromises the browser's security model and can facilitate further exploitation or data theft within the affected browser instance.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.169 to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. Since this is a client-side browser vulnerability, applying the official update is the primary remediation step.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-18T19:44:47.455Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575033.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a84c574c6e8be0332bb23ea
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 20:49:56 UTC
Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 21:06:01 UTC
Last updated: 08/18/2026, 21:06:01 UTC
Views: 2
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