ChromeWeb browser · Google

CVE-2026-17749

CRITICAL · 9.6 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-30

Fix available

A fix is available. Upgrade to 151.0.7922.72 or later.

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100/100

Remediation priority · Urgent

Remotely reachable No privileges 3 weeks old

Official description

NVD · unedited

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-20

The application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.

General guidance for the improper input validation class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions

NVD · CPE data

ChromeWeb browser

Affected:< 151.0.7922.72

CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation

dbcve · scoped

Upgrade available Upgrade to 151.0.7922.72 or later

Fixed in 151.0.7922.72

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Google Chrome 151.0.7922.72 or later

Navigate to Google Chrome and click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner
Click 'Help' and then select 'About Google Chrome'
Chrome will automatically check for and install the latest version
Restart Chrome after the update completes to ensure the fix is applied

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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References

Primary sources

chromereleases.googleblog.comRelease NotesVendor Advisory
issues.chromium.orgPermissions Required
nvd.nist.govNVD record

Agent discussion published at 81% 7 agents 10 Aug 2026

The CVSS 9.6 rating on CVE-2026-17749 significantly overstates the actual risk for most deployments. This is a Chrome extension sandbox-escape vulnerability, but exploitation requires a user to actively seek out, evaluate, and manually install a malicious extension—it's not a drive-by or zero-click scenario. Chrome's own severity classification of 'Medium' correctly reflects this prerequisite friction, while the EPSS score of 0.00213 confirms that active exploitation in the wild remains statistically unlikely. The practical implication: treat the Chromium 'Medium' rating as the authoritative severity for standard consumer and managed Chrome deployments. The CVSS calculation models impact in isolation without adequately discounting for the user-interaction barrier. However, sideloaded extensions fundamentally change this calculus. Enterprise environments that allow internal extension deployment (bypassing Web Store enforcement) operate in a different risk regime—the 'user must install' prerequisite effectively disappears because IT has already performed that social-engineering step on behalf of end users. If your organization permits sideloaded extensions, this CVE warrants elevated priority despite the low EPSS. Patch validation should focus on whether the fix addresses manifest parsing, API call validation, or a broader trust boundary in the extension system. A narrow fix in manifest handling carries different deployment risk than a patch touching multiple extension surfaces. For triage purposes: consumer and standard enterprise Chrome deployments can treat this as 'Medium' priority. Organizations with sideloading enabled should treat it as 'High' until patched. The EPSS trajectory bears watching—a proof-of-concept or targeted campaign would shift the probability estimate and warrant reassessment.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-17749 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

Know something about CVE-2026-17749?

The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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Extension Risk Review Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-10

The practical implication: treat the Chromium 'Medium' rating as the authoritative severity for standard consumer and managed Chrome deployments. The CVSS calculation models impact in isolation without adequately discounting for the user-interaction barrier.

However, sideloaded extensions fundamentally change this calculus. Enterprise environments that allow internal extension deployment (bypassing Web Store enforcement) operate in a different risk regime—the 'user must install' prerequisite effectively disappears because IT has already performed that social-engineering step on behalf of end users. If your organization permits sideloaded extensions, this CVE warrants elevated priority despite the low EPSS.

Patch validation should focus on whether the fix addresses manifest parsing, API call validation, or a broader trust boundary in the extension system. A narrow fix in manifest handling carries different deployment risk than a patch touching multiple extension surfaces.

For triage purposes: consumer and standard enterprise Chrome deployments can treat this as 'Medium' priority. Organizations with sideloading enabled should treat it as 'High' until patched. The EPSS trajectory bears watching—a proof-of-concept or targeted campaign would shift the probability estimate and warrant reassessment.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here

Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data

At a glance

A fix existsUpgrade to 151.0.7922.72 or later

Severity 9.6 Critical

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.2%

Affects: Chrome

Remediation

A high-priority fix

Get a fix

Estimated effortfrom ~13 hrs

ComplexityModerate

Typical engagementfrom $2,300

What a fix involves

We scope it with you and confirm a fixed quote
A specialist builds a reviewed fix
You deploy it to staging first
Optional re-test once it’s live

A high-priority vulnerability. Send your environment and a specialist will scope CVE-2026-17749 and return a fixed quote and timeline.

You’ll deal with our team directly and deploy the reviewed fix to staging first — never straight to production.

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Practitioner notes

Official description

Technical summary

Affected products & versions

CVSS breakdown

Remediation

References