CVE-2026-76018CWE-250

CVE-2026-76018

High · published August 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: High)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00382 · 30.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2026-08-21T01:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
google/chrome< 151.0.7922.173151.0.7922.173
References (2)
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0404570826.html · [email protected]https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513757918 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 20:51Z
    Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary…
    cvelistv5