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CVE-2026-7997

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-05-06 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

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)

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
google chrome < 148.0.7778.96

References & Advisories (2)

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/487960705
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Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.08%
Raw Score 0.000800
Percentile 0.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00080
2026-10-28
0.00080

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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