CVE-2026-17861

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-20

Published

2026-07-30

Modified

2026-10-23

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

Affected

• google:chrome

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/520417861

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