CVE-2026-7978

Inappropriate implementation in Companion in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-693

Published

2026-05-06

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• google:chrome

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497828892

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