CVE-2026-7990

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p1

Published

May 6, 2026 (May 6, 2026)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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)

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.1%)

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