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CVE-2026-7997

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CVE-2026-7997

Published: May 6, 2026

Modified: May 7, 2026

PUBLISHED

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)

VendorProductVersions

Google

Chrome

affected
148.0.7778.96 - < 148.0.7778.96

Weaknesses (CWE)

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