Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify target Chrome Enterprise deployment with navigation restrictions
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DeliveryCraft domain name exploiting policy parser normalization flaw
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ExploitDeliver crafted link to enterprise user via phishing or compromised content
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ExecutionUser clicks link triggering navigation
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PersistChrome policy engine fails to match blocked domain
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ImpactNavigation to restricted destination completes undetected
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 the target to be running Google Chrome in an Enterprise-managed deployment with navigation restriction policies actively configured and enforced - standard consumer Chrome installations with no managed policies are not affected. The CVSS UI:R metric confirms that the user must actively perform a navigation action (such as clicking an attacker-supplied link), meaning drive-by or passive exploitation is not possible. SSVC rates the attack as not automatable, further limiting mass exploitation scenarios. The crafted domain name must specifically trigger the policy engine's parsing flaw, which may require knowledge of the organization's blocked domain list to be operationally meaningful. Limiting factors: enterprise-only scope, required user interaction, and the need to bypass domain-based policy matching rather than authenticate or exploit a memory safety flaw. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) reflects a network-origin, low-complexity attack requiring no attacker privileges but requiring user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R), with high integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability consequences. EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) indicates a very low near-term exploitation probability, consistent with SSVC's ratings of exploitation: none, automatable: no, and technical impact: partial. The Chromium team itself rated severity as Low, signaling that even internally the issue is considered constrained. No KEV listing confirms no active exploitation at time of analysis. The combination of enterprise-only scope (only organizations using Chrome managed navigation policies are materially affected), required user interaction, the low EPSS, and SSVC's 'none' exploitation rating collectively suggest this is a low-urgency real-world risk despite the CVSS medium score. Organizations relying on Chrome Enterprise navigation policies as a primary access control should prioritize patching, but those using layered network controls face minimal incremental exposure. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker targeting an organization that uses Chrome Enterprise to block access to sensitive external domains (e.g., data exfiltration services, unauthorized cloud storage, or competitor sites) crafts a domain name exploiting the policy parser's normalization flaw - such as a visually identical IDN variant or an unusually encoded hostname - and delivers it as a hyperlink via phishing email or compromised intranet content. When a managed-browser user clicks the link, Chrome's policy engine fails to match the crafted domain against the blocked list and completes the navigation, bypassing the enterprise control without any alert or log entry in the policy enforcement layer. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026
Navigation restriction bypass in Google Chrome Enterprise (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) enables a remote attacker to circumvent administrator-configured policy controls by supplying a crafted domain name, fully defeating enterprise navigation enforcement with high integrity impact. The vulnerability is Enterprise-specific, requiring user interaction to trigger (UI:R), and is limited to deployments using Chrome managed policies for domain-level access control. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no active exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 0.17% (7th percentile) and SSVC rates exploitation as none, consistent with low urgency despite the CVSS 6.5 Medium score.
RemediationAI
Update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, as documented in the Chrome stable channel advisory at http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Enterprise administrators should deploy the update via Google Admin Console, Group Policy Objects (GPO), or their MDM solution to ensure managed fleet coverage. As a compensating control during the patch window, supplement Chrome Enterprise navigation policies with independent network-layer enforcement such as DNS filtering (e.g., Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway) or proxy-based URL categorization - this removes reliance on the browser's policy engine for domain blocking and is not subject to this bypass. Note that DNS filtering may be circumvented by DoH-enabled clients, so ensure DNS-over-HTTPS is disabled or redirected in enterprise Chrome policy as an additional measure. No vendor workaround short of upgrading has been identified in the provided data.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in Google Chrome's Enterprise policy enforcement layer, which allows IT administrators to define navigation restriction policies - blocking or allowlisting specific domains for managed browser deployments. The root cause is CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure), where the policy matching logic fails to correctly evaluate a specially crafted domain name, permitting navigation to destinations that should be blocked. Likely mechanisms include domain normalization issues such as IDN homograph representations, Unicode variants, trailing-dot notation, or encoding inconsistencies that cause the policy engine to evaluate the crafted domain as non-matching. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all Chrome variants, but the Enterprise qualifier in the description constrains real impact to managed deployments. The fix is present in Chrome 151.0.7922.72 per the stable channel advisory. The Chromium bug tracker entry at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513612928 may contain additional technical specifics not included in the provided data.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Network delivery via crafted domain (AV:N), no attacker privileges needed (PR:N), user must actively navigate (UI:R); policy bypass constitutes complete integrity compromise (I:H) with no confidentiality or availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Policy bypass in Enterprise in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted domain name. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
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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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