PT-2026-38183 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2026-05-05 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-7990

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description Insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Updater component on Windows allows a local attacker to achieve OS-level privilege escalation by using a malicious file.

Recommendations Update to version 148.0.7778.96 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-7990

ECHO-CBAB-D5A7-593D

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 137

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7990 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7990 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7990 · Security Note
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7943 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7982 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7896 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8004 · Note
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