Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker crafts malicious file
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DeliveryDelivers file to Windows Chrome Enterprise user via phishing or web
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ExploitUser opens file in Chrome
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ExecutionEnterprise component fails to validate origin boundary
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PersistCross-origin data exposed
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ImpactData exfiltrated to attacker
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Origin validation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to be running Google Chrome on Windows with Enterprise policy features active, as the vulnerability is explicitly scoped to Chrome's Enterprise implementation on that platform. The user must actively interact with a malicious file - opening it in Chrome - making user interaction (UI:R) a hard prerequisite that cannot be bypassed remotely. Exploitation is further limited to Windows-only deployments; Chrome on other operating systems is not affected. The impact is constrained to partial confidentiality loss (cross-origin data leakage) with no integrity or availability dimension. Limiting factors include: mandatory user engagement with attacker-supplied content, Windows-only scope, Enterprise feature dependency, and the absence of any privilege escalation path. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) reflects network-reachable exploitation with no privilege prerequisite, but user interaction is mandatory and the impact ceiling is limited confidentiality loss. The EPSS of 0.16% at the 6th percentile strongly suggests exploitation is unlikely in the near term. SSVC reinforces this: Exploitation rated 'none', Automatable rated 'no' - each attack requires individual user engagement with a malicious file, ruling out mass automated campaigns. The Microsoft tag in the intelligence data likely reflects the Windows-only scope of the flaw rather than any Microsoft-product involvement. Chromium's internal severity classification of 'Low' aligns with all external signals. Taken together, these signals indicate a real but low-priority issue: informational leakage only, no integrity or availability impact, no active exploitation, no public proof-of-concept, and a narrow deployment condition (Enterprise Chrome on Windows). This is a standard patch-cycle item, not an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker delivers a malicious file - for example, a crafted HTML document or data file - to a targeted user via phishing email or a compromised website. When the user opens the file in Google Chrome on Windows, the Enterprise implementation's origin validation flaw allows the file's context to read data from a cross-origin source, which is then exfiltrated to the attacker. No public exploit code has been identified, and the mandatory user interaction step limits attack scalability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026
Cross-origin data leakage in the Enterprise policy implementation of Google Chrome on Windows (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) enables a remote attacker to extract data across origin boundaries by delivering a malicious file to a victim user. The CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) root cause indicates Chrome's Enterprise component fails to enforce same-origin boundaries in this specific code path, exposing data that should be restricted. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS sits at the 6th percentile, with CISA SSVC confirming no current exploitation; this is a low-urgency but real information disclosure risk for enterprise Chrome deployments on Windows.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, the vendor-released patch that resolves this vulnerability per the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. For enterprise environments managed via Google Admin Console or Windows Group Policy Object (GPO), verify that automatic updates are permitted or push version 151.0.7922.72 through your MDM or endpoint management platform. As a compensating control prior to patching, administrators can restrict end users from opening untrusted or externally sourced files directly in Chrome through Enterprise policy (e.g., blocking file:// access or restricting download-then-open workflows), though this may disrupt legitimate business processes that rely on local file rendering in Chrome. Given the low EPSS and absence of active exploitation, inclusion in the next standard patch cycle is appropriate rather than emergency deployment.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in the Enterprise policy implementation within Google Chrome on Windows. CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) indicates the affected component fails to correctly validate origin boundaries, permitting cross-origin data access that the browser's same-origin policy is intended to prohibit. Chrome's Enterprise feature set manages policy-driven configurations deployed by organizations via Google Admin Console or Windows Group Policy, and its interaction with locally-opened or delivered files appears to be the surface through which this boundary check is bypassed. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all Chrome versions on all platforms, but NVD and the description explicitly scope the affected condition to Windows. Chromium issue 496195854 is the upstream tracking reference, though it is not publicly accessible, limiting technical detail from open sources.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
UI:R is mandatory as user must open a malicious file; C:L captures bounded cross-origin data leakage with no integrity or availability impact.
vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Inappropriate implementation in Enterprise in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-50649
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