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CVSS VectorVendor: google
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Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution within the Chrome renderer sandbox affects Google Chrome desktop builds prior to 149.0.7827.53, stemming from an inappropriate implementation in the Extensions subsystem. An attacker in a privileged network position can deliver a crafted Chrome Extension that, with user interaction, executes arbitrary code confined to the sandbox. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS probability is very low (0.01%), but a vendor patch is available.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw resides in Chromium's Extensions subsystem, which manages installation, update, and execution of browser extensions packaged as CRX bundles and governed by the manifest/permission model. The CWE-829 classification (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere) indicates the browser improperly trusts or loads extension-controlled content or update payloads sourced from a channel an adjacent-network attacker can influence - for example, an extension update or resource fetch that lacks sufficient integrity validation. Because the resulting code execution is constrained to the sandbox (Scope: Unchanged in the CVSS vector), the attacker gains code execution inside the extension/renderer process rather than on the underlying host, though Chromium itself rates the severity as Low.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 149.0.7827.53 or later on the Stable channel as published in the Chrome Releases advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html); managed deployments should verify auto-update is enforced and roll the new build through MDM/Group Policy. Users of Chromium-based browsers should apply their respective vendor's update once it incorporates the fixed Chromium baseline. As compensating controls until patching completes, restrict extension installation to an enterprise allowlist via the ExtensionInstallAllowlist/ExtensionInstallForcelist policies (trade-off: blocks legitimate ad-hoc extension use), require employees to avoid untrusted networks or to route through a corporate VPN to neutralize the adjacent-network prerequisite (trade-off: VPN performance and split-tunnel exceptions), and disable developer mode and sideloading via ExtensionDeveloperModeSettings (trade-off: impedes internal extension development workflows).
Vendor StatusVendor
SUSE
Severity: Important| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-34730
GHSA-x732-wxxw-qf5c