CVE-2026-17738

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-07-30 00:19Z1 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-03 16:11Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-07-27

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-1289Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in InputBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

78af7846231d5d14235746566e5c4fdf6241417ef961fc4fc229f3c395839c7a

• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html
• issues.chromium.orghttps://issues.chromium.org/issues/498079379