CVE-2026-7990 | THREATINT

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-05 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-07 | Assigner Chrome

Problem types

Insufficient validation of untrusted input

Product status

148.0.7778.96 (custom) before 148.0.7778.96

affected

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/...nel-update-for-desktop.html

issues.chromium.org/issues/498892267

cve.org (CVE-2026-7990)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-7990)

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