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high 7.8

CVE-2026-17864 json

Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privile…

published 3mo ago modified 17d ago also EUVD-2026-50613

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 151.0.7922.72
  • chromium Debian 12 151.0.7922.71-1~deb12u1
  • chromium Debian 13 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1
  • chromium Debian 14 151.0.7922.71-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17864

  • chromium openSUSE Leap 16.0 151.0.7922.173-bp160.1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 151.0.7922.71-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21624-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11434-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-17864 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Updater

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
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References

Sources

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