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

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Microsoft Subscribe
Windows Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation via Untrusted Input in Chrome Updater

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-20
References

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T21:50:28.418Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:29.150Z

Link: CVE-2026-7990

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T21:34:18.350Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:49.877

Modified: 2026-05-06T23:20:16.747

Link: CVE-2026-7990

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T21:00:13Z

Weaknesses