CVE-2026-5911: google chrome Protection Mechanism Failure
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-5911 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4Timeline
- 08-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Policy bypass in ServiceWorkers in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.17%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
6%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.09 pp
From 0.25% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- qt6-qtwebengine< 6.11.0-r6
Chainguard1 product
- chromium< 147.0.7727.101-r0
Debian1 product
- chromium< 147.0.7727.55-1~deb12u1 | < 147.0.7727.55-1~deb13u1 | < 147.0.7727.55-1
Google1 product
- chrome≥ 147.0.7727.55, < 147.0.7727.55 | < 147.0.7727.55
Wolfi1 product
- chromium< 147.0.7727.101-r0
5 vendors · 5 products
References
4 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- issues.chromium.org/issues/485785246Permissions Required