VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-7990

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-06
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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)

Weakness classification

  • chrome-cve-admin@google.com: CWE-20

Primary references