CVE-2026-5276 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chrome

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism FailureCWE-280 — Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges11 documents10 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google ChromeChromium
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateApr 2

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome146.0.7680.178 — 146.0.7680.178
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 146.0.7680.177
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 146.0.7680.177-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-4j5r-7xc7-9pr6: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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OSV
CVE-2026-5276: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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CVEList
CVE-2026-5276: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2026-5276 Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB↗2026-04-02
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB↗2026-03-31
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2026-5275↗2026-03-31
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Debian
CVE-2026-5276: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.1...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-5276 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5276 chromium: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB [epel-all]↗2026-04-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5276 chromium: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB [fedora-all]↗2026-04-01
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