Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain physical access to unattended Mac
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DeliveryInteract with Chrome Enterprise managed session
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ExploitTrigger insufficient policy enforcement flaw
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ExecutionBypass enterprise policy restrictions
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ImpactAchieve elevated local privileges
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Protection mechanism completeness
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires physical access to the target device (CVSS AV:P), confirmed by the description. The target must be running Google Chrome in an Enterprise managed configuration on macOS - standard consumer Chrome installations or non-Mac platforms are not in scope. The policy enforcement flaw is specific to the Enterprise management feature set on Mac; environments without managed Chrome Enterprise policies deployed are unlikely to be affected. Limiting factors include: physical presence requirement eliminates remote exploitation entirely, macOS platform specificity excludes Windows and Linux Chrome Enterprise deployments, and the Enterprise deployment mode requirement excludes unmanaged consumer Chrome instances. Authentication requirements: CVSS PR:N indicates no pre-existing system account privileges are required - physical access is the sole prerequisite. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H yields a base score of 6.8, but the physical attack vector (AV:P) is the dominant risk-limiting factor - exploitation requires an attacker to be physically present at the target device. This is consistent with Chromium's own classification of 'Low' security severity despite the high C/I/A ratings, which reflect worst-case post-exploitation impact rather than ease of access. No EPSS data was provided in the intelligence feed; the absence of KEV listing and no public POC indicate this has not been observed in widespread exploitation. Real-world risk is therefore constrained to insider threat scenarios, device theft, or targeted physical access attacks in high-value environments (e.g., kiosks, unattended managed Macs). Organizations with strong physical security controls face minimal incremental risk. EPSS and KEV data are absent from the provided intelligence - exploitation probability cannot be quantified from available data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with physical access to an unattended or unlocked Mac running a Chrome Enterprise managed session exploits the insufficient policy enforcement flaw to circumvent applied enterprise restrictions and escalate local privileges. No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) and absence of required prior privileges (PR:N) suggest that once physical access is achieved, exploitation does not require advanced technical skill. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026
Privilege escalation in Google Chrome Enterprise on macOS allows a local attacker with physical device access to bypass enterprise policy controls and gain elevated privileges. Affected are all Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.72 in managed Enterprise deployments on Mac. The attack requires physical presence at the target device, substantially limiting the threat surface, though the confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact is rated high once exploited. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch for this vulnerability. Enterprise administrators should ensure managed Mac endpoints are updated through their MDM or Chrome Browser Cloud Management console. The vendor advisory is published at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. As a compensating control where immediate patching is not possible, organizations should enforce physical security measures - screen locking policies, BIOS/EFI passwords, and restricted physical access to managed Mac devices - to deny the physical presence prerequisite. Disabling unattended or kiosk-style deployments of unpatched Chrome instances on macOS would further reduce exposure. These controls carry minimal operational trade-offs in typical enterprise environments.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability stems from CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) - specifically, insufficient enforcement of Enterprise policy controls within Google Chrome on macOS. Chrome Enterprise allows organizations to push managed policies governing browser behavior, feature access, and system integration via MDM or group policy. A failure in policy enforcement at the macOS platform layer means that a locally present attacker can circumvent these restrictions and escalate privileges, likely exploiting the gap between Chrome's policy parsing/application and the underlying macOS privilege model. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72 on Mac.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Physical access is the sole attack vector; no prior system privileges needed; full C/I/A impact post-exploitation with no scope change.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Insufficient policy enforcement in Enterprise in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via physical access to the device. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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