Insufficient policy enforcement in SVG in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted… (CVE-2026-17911)
Insufficient policy enforcement in SVG in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-17911 involves insufficient policy enforcement in SVG processing within Google Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. This flaw enables a remote attacker to craft an HTML page that can leak cross-origin data, violating the same-origin policy. The issue was addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72, which mitigates the risk by enforcing proper SVG policy controls.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to cross-origin data leakage, potentially exposing sensitive information from other origins accessible in the browser context. The Chromium security team classifies the severity as low, indicating limited impact or difficulty in exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side browser vulnerability, applying the official update is the recommended and effective mitigation.
Insufficient policy enforcement in SVG in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted… (CVE-2026-17911)
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in SVG in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data 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-2026-17911 involves insufficient policy enforcement in SVG processing within Google Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. This flaw enables a remote attacker to craft an HTML page that can leak cross-origin data, violating the same-origin policy. The issue was addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72, which mitigates the risk by enforcing proper SVG policy controls.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to cross-origin data leakage, potentially exposing sensitive information from other origins accessible in the browser context. The Chromium security team classifies the severity as low, indicating limited impact or difficulty in exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side browser vulnerability, applying the official update is the recommended and effective mitigation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-hh43-fjwj-9j9w
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17911"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae5149c2644c7f8980cc7
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:45:56 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 06:05:12 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 02:51:53 UTC
Views: 3
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