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)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in Updater
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +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 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)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T12:34:02.748Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:34:29.586Z

Link: CVE-2026-17716

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:19:01Z

Links: CVE-2026-17716 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T09:45:02Z

Weaknesses