What is GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f?

GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f cover?

GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-17786. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f?

GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5fHighCVSS 8.8

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-17786 →

📋 Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17786
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513770449
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f