CVE-2026-17816: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Insufficient policy enforcement in Speech in Google Chrome on Android prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17816 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Speech feature of Google Chrome on Android. It arises from insufficient policy enforcement, enabling a remote attacker with control over the renderer process to escalate privileges through a specially crafted HTML page. This affects versions of Chrome on Android before 151.0.7922.72. No CVSS score is provided, but Chromium classifies the severity as Medium.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can leverage this vulnerability to escalate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access within the browser environment on Android devices. This could lead to increased control or further exploitation within the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome on Android version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official update.
CVE-2026-17816: Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Speech in Google Chrome on Android prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17816 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Speech feature of Google Chrome on Android. It arises from insufficient policy enforcement, enabling a remote attacker with control over the renderer process to escalate privileges through a specially crafted HTML page. This affects versions of Chrome on Android before 151.0.7922.72. No CVSS score is provided, but Chromium classifies the severity as Medium.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can leverage this vulnerability to escalate their privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access within the browser environment on Android devices. This could lead to increased control or further exploitation within the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome on Android version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-frx2-g4p6-x329
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17816"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae5199c2644c7f898218c
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:46:01 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 06:27:48 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 02:51:53 UTC
Views: 7
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