CVE-2026-87551 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-87551?

CVE-2026-87551 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper certificate validation in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-87551?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-87551?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-87551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-87551, ECHO-5f5e-cca0-141b, GHSA-738x-v3c2-2wpw, MINI-q846-5c66-cfpq.