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Google Chrome CVE-2026-17866

| EUVDEUVD-2026-50615 MEDIUM
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-xqvm-prp8-cc3x
Medium
Disputed · 5.8 Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)
Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI
5.8 MEDIUM

Renderer pre-compromise captured by AC:H; unauthenticated network delivery via crafted page; scope change confirmed by sandbox escape; limited C/I/A reflects constrained post-escape impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
8.1 MEDIUM
qualitative

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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 22:33 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 30, 2026 - 20:37 NVD
5.8 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:19 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:19 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Type Confusion in Tab in Google Chrome on Android prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

AnalysisAI

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome for Android (prior to 151.0.7922.72) stems from a type confusion flaw (CWE-843) in the Tab component, enabling an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of Chrome's security sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This is a second-stage exploit primitive requiring renderer pre-compromise, reflected in the AC:H and S:C CVSS metrics. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Lure Android Chrome user to attacker-controlled page
Delivery
Exploit separate renderer RCE to gain renderer code execution
Exploit
Deliver crafted HTML triggering Tab type confusion
Execution
Corrupt memory across sandbox boundary
Persist
Escape Chrome renderer sandbox
Impact
Execute code with privileges outside sandbox

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires two chained conditions: (1) the attacker must have already compromised the Chrome renderer process on the target Android device via a separate vulnerability - this is explicitly stated in the CVE description ('remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process'); and (2) the victim must interact with a crafted HTML page (UI:R), meaning the victim must actively visit attacker-controlled content. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 5.8 score with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L reflects the chained nature of this vulnerability: while network-delivered and unauthenticated from the initial access perspective, the high attack complexity (AC:H) captures the prerequisite that the renderer process must already be compromised via a separate exploit. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker first exploits a separate renderer-level vulnerability to achieve code execution within Chrome's sandboxed renderer process on an Android device - for example, via a memory corruption bug in a media parser or JavaScript engine. With renderer control established, the attacker delivers a crafted HTML page that triggers the type confusion in the Tab component, corrupting memory across the sandbox boundary to escape Chrome's security sandbox and execute code at a higher privilege level outside the renderer. …
Remediation Update Google Chrome for Android to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch for this issue. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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