Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass enterprise host restrictions for cookie modification via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Chrome DevTools Policy Enforcement Failure Enabling Cookie Modification Through Malicious Extension chromium-browser: Policy bypass in DevTools
Weaknesses CWE-280
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Low


Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Chrome DevTools Policy Enforcement Failure Enabling Cookie Modification Through Malicious Extension
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Weaknesses CWE-284
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass enterprise host restrictions for cookie modification via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2026-04-08T21:20:59.391Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T21:20:59.391Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T19:34:43.144Z

Link: CVE-2026-5901

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T22:16:29.983

Modified: 2026-04-08T22:16:29.983

Link: CVE-2026-5901

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-5901 - Bugzilla