Navigation restriction bypass via crafted PDF
Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 11, 2026
Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome's PDF component before 146.0.7680.71 allows remote attackers to bypass navigation restrictions. Google identifies the locus only as PDF handling; the restricted issue does not disclose which navigation-policy check processes untrusted document input incorrectly. Exploitation requires a crafted PDF and user interaction, and the grounded consequence is unauthorized navigation rather than data disclosure or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome's PDF component before 146.0.7680.71 allows remote attackers to bypass navigation restrictions. Google identifies the locus only as PDF handling; the restricted issue does not disclose which navigation-policy check processes untrusted document input incorrectly. Exploitation requires a crafted PDF and user interaction, and the grounded consequence is unauthorized navigation rather than data disclosure or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-3939
- Published
- Mar 11, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=146.0.7680.71 <146.0.7680.71
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