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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-50874

| CVE-2026-17948 HIGH
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-c2p8-6273-hp5x
High
Disputed · 7.5 Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Low–Critical)
Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
7.5 HIGH

Remote via web content but AC:H and UI:R because the victim must install a malicious extension; impact is total within the sandboxed renderer, so S:U and C/I/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
4.2 LOW
qualitative

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

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 14:33 vuln.today
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:25 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:25 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)

AnalysisAI

Arbitrary code execution in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) is possible when a user is convinced to install a malicious Chrome extension that triggers a type-confusion condition (CWE-843), letting the attacker run code inside the renderer sandbox. Google has shipped a fixed stable build, and while the Chromium team rated the security severity as Low, the CVSS base score is 7.5 due to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the compromised process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC marks exploitation as 'none.'

Technical ContextAI

The flaw resides in V8, the C++ JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that powers Chrome and Chromium-derived browsers. The root cause is CWE-843 Type Confusion, where the engine treats a memory object as one type when it is actually another, allowing an attacker-controlled object layout to be misinterpreted and leveraged for out-of-bounds reads/writes and ultimately code execution. The affected component is reached through a crafted Chrome Extension, meaning the malicious JavaScript executes with the privileges of an installed extension's renderer context. The single affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*, i.e. the desktop Chrome browser prior to 151.0.7922.72.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 151.0.7922.72 or later via the Chrome Releases stable channel update (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html); this is the primary and complete fix. Because Chrome auto-updates, ensure clients are allowed to fetch and apply updates and restart the browser to load the new binary. As a compensating control until patching completes, restrict extension installation through enterprise policy (ExtensionInstallBlocklist set to '*' with an ExtensionInstallAllowlist of vetted IDs, or ExtensionInstallForcelist for managed deployments) to remove the required attack precondition - the trade-off is reduced user flexibility in installing extensions. Auditing and removing unknown or sideloaded extensions further reduces exposure. Reference: NVD detail https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17948.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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