CVE-2026-110150: Privilege elevation in Google Chrome
Description
A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the Installer component of Google Chrome on Windows versions prior to 155.0.8059.79. This flaw allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by exploiting the installer. The issue has been assigned a high severity by Chromium security. A fix is available in version 155.0.8059.79.
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-110150 is a privilege elevation vulnerability in the Google Chrome Installer on Windows platforms. It affects versions before 155.0.8059.79 and allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges to access sensitive information via a local program. The vulnerability has been publicly disclosed and is rated high severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released an update to address this issue in Chrome version 155.0.8059.79.
Potential Impact
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges and obtain sensitive information on affected Windows systems running vulnerable versions of Google Chrome. This could lead to unauthorized access to protected data or system components.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 155.0.8059.79 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory confirms that the issue is fixed in this version. No additional mitigation steps are required once the update is applied.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-13T16:49:13.707Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01668083673.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6acea06e2cdf04f656b102f9
Added to database: 10/13/2026, 21:19:42 UTC
Last enriched: 10/13/2026, 21:34:14 UTC
Last updated: 10/13/2026, 23:28:17 UTC
Views: 5
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