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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-50909

| CVE-2026-17983 MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-8hpw-6m6f-9f87
Medium
Disputed · 4.3 Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

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

Crafted page delivers exploit over network without auth; user must visit (UI:R); only low integrity impact via UI spoofing, no confidentiality or availability loss.

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 22:35 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 30, 2026 - 20:37 NVD
4.3 (None) 4.3 (MEDIUM)
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
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Inappropriate implementation in Global Media Controls in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

AnalysisAI

UI spoofing in Google Chrome's Global Media Controls component prior to version 151.0.7922.72 enables remote attackers to misrepresent interface elements when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. The flaw is rooted in CWE-451 (misrepresentation of critical UI information), allowing attacker-controlled content to manipulate what the media controls overlay displays. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been identified; EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) and SSVC exploitation status of 'none' both corroborate this as a low-urgency, routine-patching-priority finding.

Technical ContextAI

Google Chrome's Global Media Controls is a built-in browser feature presenting a toolbar popup for controlling audio and video playback across tabs and sites. CWE-451 (User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information) identifies the root cause as an 'inappropriate implementation' that fails to properly constrain or sanitize what content a crafted HTML page can cause the Global Media Controls panel to render, enabling the attacker's page to influence the appearance of this trusted-seeming overlay. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covering all Chrome builds prior to 151.0.7922.72 on all platforms. This vulnerability class is typically leveraged as a social-engineering primitive rather than a direct exploitation vector, as the attacker can make the browser's own UI lie about media provenance or controls.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, as confirmed by the Chrome stable-channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. Chrome auto-updates by default; administrators should verify deployment has reached 151.0.7922.72 via chrome://settings/help or enterprise policy dashboards. No workaround is necessary given the available patch and low severity, but organizations unable to update immediately may reduce surface exposure by enforcing browser navigation restrictions via proxy or DNS filtering to block untrusted content, accepting the trade-off of restricting legitimate media-heavy sites. Disabling the Global Media Controls feature via Chrome enterprise policy (MediaRouterEnabled or similar) could also neutralize the attack surface, though this removes media playback controls for end users.

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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