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Sources disagree (Low–Critical)AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Requires convincing a user to install a malicious extension (UI:R, AC:H, PR:N); code runs within the sandbox (S:U) with total impact on that context, so C/I/A:H.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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Inappropriate implementation 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
Sandbox-constrained arbitrary code execution in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine affects all desktop builds prior to 151.0.7922.72, where a crafted Chrome extension abuses an inappropriate V8 implementation to run attacker code inside the renderer sandbox. Exploitation requires convincing a user to install a malicious extension, and Google internally rated the Chromium security severity as Low. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC records exploitation status as 'none'.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw lives in V8, Chrome's high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, and is classified as CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). Rather than a memory-corruption bug, this is an 'inappropriate implementation' - a logic/privilege-boundary defect where the extension execution context reaches capabilities it should not, allowing a crafted extension to execute arbitrary code within V8. Critically, the resulting code runs inside the Chrome sandbox, so the boundary crossed is the extension/renderer privilege model, not an OS-level sandbox escape. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, i.e. the Chrome desktop application across affected versions.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome 151.0.7922.72 - update to this stable-channel build or later, which for most users happens automatically via Chrome's background updater (verify at chrome://settings/help and relaunch). The advisory is https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Because exploitation depends entirely on the user installing a malicious extension, the most effective compensating control is to restrict extension installation: in managed environments use the ExtensionInstallBlocklist/ExtensionInstallAllowlist enterprise policies to permit only vetted Chrome Web Store extensions, trading some user flexibility for a smaller attack surface. Users should remove unknown or untrusted extensions and avoid side-loading unpacked extensions until updated.
Same weakness CWE-269 – Improper Privilege Management
View allSame technique Privilege Escalation
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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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EUVD-2026-50878
GHSA-4cwj-qj59-c6vc