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)
History

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Title Local Privilege Escalation via Untrusted Input in Chrome Updater on macOS

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

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Description 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)
Weaknesses CWE-20
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T18:13:06.912Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:30.933Z

Link: CVE-2026-7997

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Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:50.607

Modified: 2026-05-06T19:19:32.317

Link: CVE-2026-7997

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Updated: 2026-05-06T21:30:12Z