Silent PWA installation via policy enforcement failure
Published Apr 8, 2026 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Policy enforcement failure in PWAs in Google Chrome before 147.0.7727.55 allows remote attackers to install a PWA without consent. Google has not disclosed the specific PWA policy check or code path that accepts the crafted HTML page, and the linked Chromium issue remains restricted. Exploitation requires an already-compromised renderer process and results in silent PWA installation rather than reported data disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Policy enforcement failure in PWAs in Google Chrome before 147.0.7727.55 allows remote attackers to install a PWA without consent. Google has not disclosed the specific PWA policy check or code path that accepts the crafted HTML page, and the linked Chromium issue remains restricted. Exploitation requires an already-compromised renderer process and results in silent PWA installation rather than reported data disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-5892
- Published
- Apr 8, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-1268
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Apr 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=147.0.7727.55 <147.0.7727.55
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