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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Delivery via a crafted HTML page means the victim must render attacker content, so UI:R rather than UI:N; no auth needed (PR:N) and impact is integrity/availability only (C:N), giving base 8.8.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in WebAppInstalls in Google Chrome on Android prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a local attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Discretionary access control bypass in Google Chrome for Android before 150.0.7871.47 lets a local attacker abuse the WebAppInstalls component through a crafted HTML page, undermining the platform's integrity and availability boundaries. Google rates the Chromium severity High and has shipped a fix in the Stable channel; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.14%, 4th percentile).
Technical ContextAI
The flaw lives in Chrome's WebAppInstalls machinery, the subsystem that handles Progressive Web App / web app installation and manifest processing on Android. Rooted in CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), the code fails to sufficiently validate untrusted input reachable from web content, so a maliciously crafted HTML page can drive the install path into an unintended state that circumvents Android's discretionary access control (the app-sandbox / permission model). Because WebAppInstalls straddles the boundary between untrusted web content and privileged installation actions, weak validation there translates directly into a trust-boundary violation rather than a mere page-level bug.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome on Android to 150.0.7871.47 or later, per the Chrome Releases advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html). On most devices Chrome updates automatically through Google Play, so the primary action is to confirm the installed version is at or above 150.0.7871.47 and force a Play Store update on any lagging fleet devices via MDM/managed-Play policies. There is no documented configuration workaround; as an interim compensating control you can reduce exposure by discouraging installation of web apps (PWAs) from untrusted sites and, in managed environments, restrict which origins users can install web apps from - with the trade-off that this degrades legitimate PWA workflows. Because the vulnerable component is triggered by rendering crafted web content, avoiding untrusted links and keeping the browser current remains the effective mitigation until every device is on the patched build.
Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
View allSame technique Authentication Bypass
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-40538
GHSA-7m35-34rv-pmwh