Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Prefetch in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

An insufficient policy enforcement flaw in Chrome’s Prefetch mechanism allows a remote attacker to create a crafted HTML page that can read data from a different origin. The vulnerability permits the extraction of cross‑origin content such as cookies, local storage, or network responses, resulting in information disclosure. The flaw is classified as an information‑exposure weakness and aligns with improper policy enforcement defect types.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome users running any version prior to 151.0.7922.72 on Windows, macOS, or Linux are affected, as the security fix was incorporated in that release and earlier builds remain vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The likely attack vector involves hosting a malicious web page that a victim visits; the attacker then leverages the Prefetch subsystem to read cross‑origin data that should be isolated. Based on the description, it is inferred that the attacker needs to deliver a crafted HTML page to the victim. The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a low probability of widespread exploitation. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so current threat exposure is limited, though the high Chromium severity rating indicates that an effective exploit could cause significant information loss if it were used.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 3, 2026 at 12:39 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade to Chrome 151.0.7922.72 or later, ensuring the latest stable release includes the patch
  • Enable automatic browser updates to receive future security fixes promptly
  • If upgrading is not immediately possible, temporarily disable the Prefetch feature by navigating to chrome://flags and setting "Enable Prefetch" to "Disabled"

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 3, 2026 at 12:39 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4710-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6408-1 chromium security update
History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Prefetch
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-346
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insufficient policy enforcement in Prefetch in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T20:51:54.082Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:34:17.019Z

Link: CVE-2026-17662

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T20:51:50.672Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-30T01:16:28.203

Modified: 2026-08-10T14:13:30.320

Link: CVE-2026-17662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:18:46Z

Links: CVE-2026-17662 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T12:45:03Z

Weaknesses