PT-2026-38171 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2026-03-30 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-7978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome on Mac versions prior to 148.0.7778.96

Description An inappropriate implementation in Companion allows a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation through the use of malicious network traffic.

Recommendations Update to version 148.0.7778.96 or later.

Fix

LPE

DoS

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-07843

CVE-2026-7978

ECHO-8869-BEAC-FA6D

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 139

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7978 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/732119 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-07843 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7978 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7940 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7976 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8011 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7915 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8001 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8021 · Note