CVE-2026-7997

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS 3.1

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

EPSS

0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 0% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-20

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/487960705

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