Description
Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4710-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6408-1 chromium security update
History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Race Condition in Chrome Mac Updater Enables Local Privilege Escalation chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Race in Updater
Weaknesses CWE-367
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Race Condition in Chrome Mac Updater Enables Local Privilege Escalation

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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Description Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Weaknesses CWE-362
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-31T03:55:39.190Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:34:14.979Z

Link: CVE-2026-17654

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T12:35:20.635Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-30T01:16:27.303

Modified: 2026-08-06T00:33:19.733

Link: CVE-2026-17654

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:18:43Z

Links: CVE-2026-17654 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T12:45:03Z

Weaknesses