CVE Explorer
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)
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"Chrome","vendor":"Google","versions":[{"lessThan":"148.0.7778.96","status":"affected","version":"148.0.7778.96","versionType":"custom"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6f5f1b508c0117cfcbe978bb37b7e48986756bdb303d07209dae98f98ee5ba25 · sha256:0d720bde0a131c1c… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"Insufficient validation of untrusted input","lang":"en"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6f5f1b508c0117cfcbe978bb37b7e48986756bdb303d07209dae98f98ee5ba25 · sha256:0d720bde0a131c1c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6f5f1b508c0117cfcbe978bb37b7e48986756bdb303d07209dae98f98ee5ba25 · sha256:0d720bde0a131c1c… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://issues.chromium.org/issues/487960705"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6f5f1b508c0117cfcbe978bb37b7e48986756bdb303d07209dae98f98ee5ba25 · sha256:0d720bde0a131c1c… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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