CVE-2026-17716

high

Description

Use after free in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)

References

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/521866061

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-30

Updated: 2026-08-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00176