Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessHost crafted HTML page on attacker-controlled server
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DeliveryDeliver link to Android victim via phishing or web redirect
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ExploitVictim opens page in Chrome for Android or WebView-based app
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ExecutionCrafted page triggers insufficient policy enforcement
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PersistNavigation restriction bypassed
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ImpactVictim's browser navigates to attacker-chosen restricted URL
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service Server-side security enforcement
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| Exploitation Conditions | The victim must be running Google Chrome on Android (not Chrome on Windows, macOS, Linux, or iOS) at a version prior to 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires user interaction: the victim must visit or otherwise interact with an attacker-controlled HTML page (UI:R per CVSS vector). The attacker requires no privileges or authentication (PR:N per CVSS vector). The impact is limited to bypassing navigation restrictions - there is no code execution, data exfiltration, or availability disruption implied. The vulnerability is most impactful in environments where WebView navigation policies are used as a security enforcement boundary (e.g., MDM-managed kiosk apps, enterprise mobile apps, banking applications); general Chrome browser users face a lower practical risk because Chrome itself does not routinely enforce strict application-level navigation policies in the same way embedded WebView deployments do. Exploitation on platforms other than Android is not described as possible. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N scores 6.5 (Medium), reflecting a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring no attacker privileges but mandating one user interaction - visiting or interacting with a malicious HTML page. The high integrity impact (I:H) reflects that enforced navigation restrictions can be fully bypassed, which is particularly damaging in applications that rely on WebView policy as a security boundary. There is no confidentiality or availability impact. The Chromium security team's internal rating of 'Low' contrasts with the NVD Medium score; this discrepancy likely reflects the difficulty of constructing a realistically dangerous exploit chain from a navigation bypass alone, absent a secondary impact like data theft or code execution. EPSS at 0.18% (8th percentile) confirms that exploitation is not currently observed and probabilistically unlikely in the near term. No CISA KEV listing exists and no public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis. Real-world priority is moderate for organizations whose Android deployments rely on WebView-enforced navigation policies for security, and low for general consumer Chrome users. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious HTML page that exploits the insufficient policy enforcement in Chrome's WebView and distributes a link to it via phishing email, SMS, or a compromised web resource targeting Android users. When a victim opens the link in Chrome for Android or within an application using an unpatched WebView, the crafted page triggers the policy bypass, navigating the victim to a restricted URL or domain that the application's security policy was designed to block - potentially a phishing site, internal corporate resource, or attacker-controlled content. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires the victim to interact with the attacker-supplied content. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026
Navigation restriction bypass in Google Chrome for Android (via WebView) prior to version 151.0.7922.72 enables a remote attacker to circumvent enforced browsing policies using a crafted HTML page, achieving high integrity impact with no privileges required. The flaw resides specifically in WebView's policy enforcement layer, meaning Android applications that embed Chrome WebView and rely on its navigation restriction mechanisms for security enforcement are also at risk. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS stands at 0.18% (8th percentile), though the vendor has confirmed a patch and the Chromium team internally rated this Low severity - lower than the NVD CVSS 6.5 Medium assignment.
RemediationAI
Update Google Chrome on Android to version 151.0.7922.72 or later immediately via the Google Play Store; this is the vendor-confirmed fixed release per the advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Android application developers embedding WebView should also ensure the Android System WebView package is updated to the corresponding patched build via Google Play, as WebView is delivered as a separately updatable system component. As a compensating control where immediate update is not feasible, developers should augment WebView policy enforcement with server-side URL validation and allowlist enforcement at the network layer, so that navigation restrictions are not solely dependent on the client-side WebView policy mechanism - note this approach adds server-side complexity and requires infrastructure changes. End users should verify automatic updates are enabled for both Chrome and Android System WebView in the Play Store to ensure prompt delivery of future patches.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
WebView is a core Android system component - built on the Chromium rendering engine - that allows native applications to embed and render web content within their UI. Android developers use WebView's policy enforcement APIs (such as shouldOverrideUrlLoading and WebViewClient callbacks) to restrict which URLs or origins the embedded browser may navigate to, a pattern common in enterprise MDM apps, banking apps, and kiosk-mode interfaces. The vulnerability stems from insufficient enforcement of these navigation policies, allowing a crafted HTML page to circumvent whatever restrictions the host application or Chrome itself has imposed. No CWE has been formally assigned, but the root cause class is consistent with CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) or CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site or Phishing). The affected CPE (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) covers all Chrome versions below the fixed release. The Chromium issue tracker entry (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517335150) and the ENISA EUVD record (EUVD-2026-50879) corroborate the scope.
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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-delivered via crafted page requiring one user click; no attacker privileges; navigation bypass yields high integrity loss; no data exposure or service disruption.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView in Google Chrome on Android 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
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 |
EUVD-2026-50879
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