PT-2026-38190 · Google · Google Chrome

Ochkofficial · Published 2026-02-26 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-7997

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 on Mac versions prior to 148.0.7778.96

Description Insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Updater allows a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

Recommendations Update to version 148.0.7778.96 or later.

Fix

LPE

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-07827

CVE-2026-7997

ECHO-7796-E933-7154

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 138

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7997 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/732104 · Security Note
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-07827 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7997 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7997 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7997 · 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
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7905 · Note