CVE-2026-7990
Insufficient Input Validation in Google Chrome Updater on Windows Leads to Privilege Escalation
Publication date: 2026-05-06
Last updated on: 2026-05-06
Assigner: Chrome
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| chrome | 148.0.7778.96 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-20 | The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Updater component of Google Chrome on Windows versions prior to 148.0.7778.96. A local attacker could exploit this by using a malicious file to escalate their privileges at the operating system level.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is that a local attacker could gain higher privileges on the affected Windows system by exploiting the Updater in Google Chrome. This OS-level privilege escalation could allow the attacker to perform actions that are normally restricted, potentially compromising system security.