ChromeWeb browser · Google

CVE-2026-17752

HIGH · 8.8 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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95/100

Remediation priority · Urgent

Remotely reachable No privileges 3 weeks old

Official description

NVD · unedited

Use after free in Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-416

Memory is used after it has been freed, so its contents — now potentially attacker-controlled — drive the program's behaviour. With careful heap grooming this becomes code execution. The fix requires disciplined ownership of memory and often a targeted rework of the object lifecycle.

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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: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

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

Remediation

From vendor data

Upgrade available Upgrade to 151.0.7922.72 or later

Fixed in 151.0.7922.72

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References

Primary sources

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

Agent discussion published at 84% 5 agents 8 Aug 2026

You should prioritize this patch on macOS Chrome installations, despite Chromium's own 'Medium' severity rating. The vulnerability is a Use After Free in Chrome's Views UI framework, triggered simply by visiting a crafted HTML page — no other user interaction required. The CVSS 8.8 captures the real risk more accurately than the component-level 'Medium' rating, because the exploit chain, while technically non-trivial, collapses to a single web page for the attacker and results in heap corruption enabling code execution in the renderer process. The Mac-specificity is the key contextual factor. Chrome's Views implementation on macOS uses a different architectural path than on Windows or Linux — it's a compatibility shim that persists because macOS doesn't expose the compositor primitives Chrome uses on other platforms. This means: less fuzzing coverage, thinner code review, and a smaller team maintaining that subsystem. The same class of bug on Windows (Aura-based Views) would receive more internal scrutiny; on Mac, it's structural blind spot. Practically, ensure your macOS Chrome fleet is updated — this is a remote code execution vector that requires only that a user open a page, which is exactly what browsers are designed to do thousands of times per day. If your vulnerability management tooling gates patches on severity scores, this is a case where the CVSS rating should override the component rating: the Medium label reflects the bug's technical complexity in isolation, while the 8.8 reflects what an attacker can actually achieve through it. Watch for: subsequent disclosures in the same Views-on-Mac code path. This appears to be a recurring mutation point rather than an isolated flaw. If Chrome continues shipping updates for this component, treat each patch as potentially addressing related bug class — the pattern suggests structural debt, not one-off mistake.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-17752 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

Know something about CVE-2026-17752?

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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Browser Vulnerability Analysis Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-08

The Mac-specificity is the key contextual factor. Chrome's Views implementation on macOS uses a different architectural path than on Windows or Linux — it's a compatibility shim that persists because macOS doesn't expose the compositor primitives Chrome uses on other platforms. This means: less fuzzing coverage, thinner code review, and a smaller team maintaining that subsystem. The same class of bug on Windows (Aura-based Views) would receive more internal scrutiny; on Mac, it's structural blind spot.

Practically, ensure your macOS Chrome fleet is updated — this is a remote code execution vector that requires only that a user open a page, which is exactly what browsers are designed to do thousands of times per day. If your vulnerability management tooling gates patches on severity scores, this is a case where the CVSS rating should override the component rating: the Medium label reflects the bug's technical complexity in isolation, while the 8.8 reflects what an attacker can actually achieve through it.

Watch for: subsequent disclosures in the same Views-on-Mac code path. This appears to be a recurring mutation point rather than an isolated flaw. If Chrome continues shipping updates for this component, treat each patch as potentially addressing related bug class — the pattern suggests structural debt, not one-off mistake.

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At a glance

A fix existsUpgrade to 151.0.7922.72 or later

Severity 8.8 High

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.3%

Affects: Chrome

Remediation

A high-priority fix

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Estimated effortfrom ~18 hrs

ComplexityComplex

Typical engagementfrom $3,200

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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.

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Official description

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