CVE-2026-5900 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chrome

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism FailureCWE-807 — Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision9 documents9 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedApr 8
Latest updateApr 9

Description

Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to bypass of multi-download protections via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome147.0.7727.55 — 147.0.7727.55
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 147.0.7727.55

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-x4jg-wm7v-8287: Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147↗2026-04-09
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CVEList
CVE-2026-5900: Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147↗2026-04-08
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OSV
CVE-2026-5900: Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147↗2026-04-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Policy bypass in Downloads↗2026-04-07
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2026-5900↗2026-04-07
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Debian
CVE-2026-5900: chromium - Policy bypass in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a rem...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-5900 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5900 chromium-browser: Policy bypass in Downloads↗2026-04-08
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CVE-2026-5900 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Google | cvebase