Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in WebXR in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Insufficient policy enforcement in the WebXR subsystem of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72 permits a remote attacker to bypass the browser’s same‑origin policy. By delivering a specially crafted HTML page that triggers a WebXR request, the attacker can read or interact with documents or data that would normally be protected, enabling unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. The weakness is classified as CWE‑346, a failure to restrict a function to its appropriate context.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome browsers older than 151.0.7922.72 on desktop platforms are affected. The vulnerability applies to the standard Chrome product across Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions; no additional vendor or product variants are listed.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 classifies the issue as Medium severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1 % indicates that exploitation is currently unlikely. The vulnerability is not included in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Attack vector is remote and requires the victim to load a malicious web page containing an engineered WebXR request. No user authentication or elevated privileges are needed; the impact is confined to the victim’s browser session, primarily compromising confidentiality of web content.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 2, 2026 at 06:40 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, which implements the WebXR policy fix.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, disable WebXR support by launching Chrome with the flag "--disable-webxr" or by configuring an enterprise policy to block WebXR APIs.
  • Educate users to avoid visiting untrusted or spoofed WebXR‑enabled sites and enforce strict content‑security policies to reduce the likelihood of malicious page delivery.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 2, 2026 at 06:40 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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: Google Chrome: Same-Origin Policy Bypass via Insufficient Policy Enforcement in WebXR
Weaknesses CWE-346
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +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 WebXR in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-31T15:28:24.098Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:34:57.904Z

Link: CVE-2026-17823

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T15:28:18.905Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-30T01:16:45.857

Modified: 2026-08-03T17:40:52.820

Link: CVE-2026-17823

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:19:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-17823 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-02T06:45:03Z

Weaknesses