CVE-2026-0628
Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView tag in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.192 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView tag in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.192 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.63% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/463155954Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.