Insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome for iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass no-referrer… (CVE-2026-17960)
Insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome for iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass no-referrer policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-17960 involves insufficient enforcement of the no-referrer policy in Google Chrome on iOS versions before 151.0.7922.72. This flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass the intended restriction on referrer information leakage by crafting a malicious HTML page. The issue is categorized as low severity by the Chromium security team. No further technical details or exploitation methods are provided in the source data.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to potential leakage of referrer information that should have been suppressed by the no-referrer policy. This could allow an attacker to gain some information about the user's navigation or origin of requests that would normally be hidden. The severity is low, indicating limited risk and no known active exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome for iOS version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official update. Patch status beyond this version is not explicitly confirmed in the provided data; check the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.
Insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome for iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass no-referrer… (CVE-2026-17960)
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome for iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass no-referrer policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-17960 involves insufficient enforcement of the no-referrer policy in Google Chrome on iOS versions before 151.0.7922.72. This flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass the intended restriction on referrer information leakage by crafting a malicious HTML page. The issue is categorized as low severity by the Chromium security team. No further technical details or exploitation methods are provided in the source data.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to potential leakage of referrer information that should have been suppressed by the no-referrer policy. This could allow an attacker to gain some information about the user's navigation or origin of requests that would normally be hidden. The severity is low, indicating limited risk and no known active exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome for iOS version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official update. Patch status beyond this version is not explicitly confirmed in the provided data; check the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-3gjj-5f84-j9q6
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17960"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae5139c2644c7f8980b41
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:45:55 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 06:03:33 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 02:51:54 UTC
Views: 2
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