Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker hosts crafted HTML page
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DeliveryVictim visits page in unpatched Chrome
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ExploitPage triggers DevTools input validation path
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ExecutionInsufficient validation of untrusted input
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PersistNavigation restriction bypassed
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ImpactAttacker-controlled navigation to restricted origin succeeds
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim to actively visit an attacker-controlled crafted HTML page using Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72; passive exposure without visiting the page is not exploitable (CVSS UI:R). No authentication to any service is required on the attacker's side (CVSS PR:N), but the attacker must successfully deliver the crafted page to the victim's browser. Impact is strictly limited to navigation restriction bypass with no confidentiality or availability effect (C:N/A:N in CVSS). The SSVC Automatable: no rating constrains mass or worm-style exploitation. No special server-side configuration or non-default Chrome settings are identified as prerequisites. Exploitation is further limited by Chromium's unchanged scope (S:U), meaning the flaw cannot be used to escape the browser sandbox or achieve code execution. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.3 Medium score (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) reflects a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring user interaction with integrity-only impact and no scope change. EPSS at 0.22% (13th percentile) is very low, indicating the research and threat community views exploitation as unlikely in practice. SSVC confirms Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, and Technical Impact: partial - further corroborating that mass or automated exploitation is not a realistic near-term scenario. Chromium's own severity rating of Low is consistent with all quantitative signals. No KEV listing and no public POC exist at time of analysis. The confluence of UI:R (mandatory victim interaction), limited integrity-only impact, and Automatable: no means this is a genuine but low-priority finding. Security teams with standard Chrome update cadences are not at elevated risk. The one signal worth watching is PR:N, which removes authentication as a barrier, but the UI:R requirement and absence of any confidentiality or availability impact substantially limit practical blast radius. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page designed to trigger insufficient input validation in Chrome's DevTools processing layer. A victim running an unpatched version of Chrome visits the page - satisfying the mandatory user-interaction requirement - after which the attacker's script exploits the navigation bypass to redirect a frame or window to an origin that Chrome's navigation restrictions would otherwise block. No public POC exists at time of analysis, and SSVC's Automatable: no rating indicates automated mass delivery is not straightforward. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026
Navigation restriction bypass in Google Chrome's DevTools component (all versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) enables a remote attacker to circumvent browser navigation controls by delivering a crafted HTML page that exploits insufficient input validation. The CVSS vector (PR:N, UI:R) confirms unauthenticated exploitation contingent on user interaction, with impact limited strictly to integrity. No public exploit has been identified, EPSS sits at 0.22% (13th percentile), and Chromium's own team rated this Low severity - signals that collectively place this well below emergency response thresholds. Vendor-released patch is available in Chrome 151.0.7922.72.
RemediationAI
Update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later - this is the vendor-confirmed fix per the stable channel release advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Updates can be applied via Settings > Help > About Google Chrome or through enterprise deployment tools (Google Admin Console, WSUS-integrated packaging). If immediate patching is not feasible in managed environments, restricting DevTools access via the Chrome enterprise policy DevToolsAvailability=Disabled (set to value 2) eliminates the specific attack surface for this component; note this will block legitimate developer workflows and may affect internal tooling that relies on DevTools APIs. No workaround fully substitutes for the patch, as the crafted HTML page delivery vector does not require DevTools to be explicitly opened by the user in all exploitation scenarios.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is Chrome's built-in DevTools - the developer tooling accessible via F12 or right-click inspect - which processes HTML and script input from the active browsing context. CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) identifies the root cause as a failure to adequately sanitize untrusted data before it influences navigation logic within DevTools. Navigation restrictions in browser contexts include same-origin policy enforcement, sandboxing constraints, and URL filtering; a bypass in this layer could allow a crafted page to redirect frames or windows to otherwise-restricted origins. The unchanged scope (S:U) in the CVSS vector indicates the flaw is contained within the browser's own security boundary rather than escaping the sandbox. CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with an upper-exclusive bound of 151.0.7922.72 confirms all prior stable versions across Windows, macOS, and Linux are affected.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-delivered crafted page requires active user visit (UI:R); navigation bypass yields integrity-only impact with no confidentiality, availability, or scope-change effect.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (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 Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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