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🛡️ CVE-2026-17983 — chrome

🟡 CVSS 4.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-451 NVD
4.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-17983 is classified as CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks.

Affected software

CVE-2026-17983 is recorded against 1 package.

  • chrome (fixed in 151.0.7922.72)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 July 2026 and last revised on 3 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com
issues.chromium.org

Other advisories for this package

chrome has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-451
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
chrome — 151.0.7922.72

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