GCVE-1988-2026-0030
Vulnerability from gna-1988 – Published: 2026-09-07 13:20 – Updated: 2026-09-11 11:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
The DCHECK Illusion: Chrome's "Trusted Path" Policy Creates Vulnerabilities
Summary
Subject: The DCHECK Illusion: Chrome's "Trusted Path" Policy Creates
Vulnerabilities
Full article:
https://potatobullet.com/chrome-dcheck-illusion-trusted-path-vulnerabilities/
Summary: An analysis of Chrome Mojo IPC finding 296 DCHECK instances across
mojo/core/ and mojo/public/cpp/bindings/lib/, at least 15 guarding
security-relevant conditions (bounds checks, offset validation, handle
state)
with ZERO protection in release builds. Error Principle classification:
Omission Debt with Dₑ = 0.95. Root cause is architectural — DCHECK as
security
boundary — not individual bugs.
Key numbers:
- 296 DCHECK instances in Mojo IPC
- 15+ guard security-critical conditions (compiled out in NDEBUG)
- CVE-2022-3075 ($100K+ bounty), CVE-2025-2783 same class, same root cause
- VRP-001 (2026) same class → dismissed "not a security bug"
- VRP-005 DataPipe DCHECK OOB → dismissed in 6 minutes
- No existing mitigation (MiraclePtr, CFG, ACG, ASLR, Site Isolation)
blocks this
Fix: Promote DCHECK to CHECK or if-return for all data crossing
renderer→browser IPC boundary.
— Shrikant Bhosale (The Debt Collector)
_______________________________________________
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
5 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The | DCHECK Illusion |
Affected:
unknown
|
guessed |
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