Google Chrome prior 151.0.7922.72 Media privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome prior 151.0.7922.72 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Media. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-17994. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome prior 151.0.7922.72. This affects an unknown part of the component Media. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Inappropriate implementation in Media 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)

The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-17994 since 07/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/30/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Web Browser

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• Google

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• Chrome

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• <151.0.7922.72

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/

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