CVE-2026-7997
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
How to fix CVE-2026-7997
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/chromium—no fix listed
Is CVE-2026-7997 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |