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CVE-2026-0628

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-01-07
  • Fixed in143.0.7499.192
  • WeaknessCWE-862

Am I affected?

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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)

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-01-0712:17CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
143.0< 143.0.7499.192143.0.7499.192

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Chrome, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Google Chrome
    Affected
    • ≥ 143.0.7499.192, < 143.0.7499.192fixed in 143.0.7499.192custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-01-06

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • chromiumWolfiall versions · fixed in 144.0.7559.109-r0
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 143.0.7499.192-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 16.0all versions · fixed in 143.0.7499.192-bp160.1.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 143.0.7499.192-1
  • chromiumDebian:13all versions · fixed in 143.0.7499.192-1~deb13u1
  • chromiumDebian:12all versions · fixed in 143.0.7499.192-1~deb12u1
  • chromiumChainguardall versions · fixed in 144.0.7559.109-r0
  • qt6-qtwebengineAlpine:v3.24all versions · fixed in 6.10.2-r1

1 more package range on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Google chrome to 143.0.7499.192

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2026-01-07
Last Modified
2026-10-26
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-rw66-g8v8-wcwh

Frequently asked questions

What is 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. (Chromium security severity: High)

Is CVE-2026-0628 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-0628 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 20.9% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-0628?

CVE-2026-0628 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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