CVE-2026-5276: WebUSB Policy Bypass in Chrome <146.0 to Leak Memory
CVE-2026-5276 Published on April 1, 2026
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)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-5276 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This weakness covers three distinct situations. A "missing" protection mechanism occurs when the application does not define any mechanism against a certain class of attack. An "insufficient" protection mechanism might provide some defenses - for example, against the most common attacks - but it does not protect against everything that is intended. Finally, an "ignored" mechanism occurs when a mechanism is available and in active use within the product, but the developer has not applied it in some code path.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-5276
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 146.0.7680.178 and below 146.0.7680.178 is affected.