CVE-2026-17993: Race in Google Chrome
A race condition vulnerability in the Google Chrome Updater on Windows versions prior to 151.0.7922.72 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by using a malicious file. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17993 is a race condition vulnerability in the Updater component of Google Chrome on Windows platforms. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform privilege escalation by exploiting a race condition via a malicious file. The vulnerability affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.0, indicating high severity with attack vector local, high attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining higher-level access than intended. This could lead to unauthorized actions with elevated rights, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory confirms the fix is included in this update. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
CVE-2026-17993: Race in Google Chrome
Description
A race condition vulnerability in the Google Chrome Updater on Windows versions prior to 151.0.7922.72 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by using a malicious file. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Chrome
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17993 is a race condition vulnerability in the Updater component of Google Chrome on Windows platforms. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform privilege escalation by exploiting a race condition via a malicious file. The vulnerability affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.0, indicating high severity with attack vector local, high attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining higher-level access than intended. This could lead to unauthorized actions with elevated rights, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory confirms the fix is included in this update. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:14.787Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0b19c2644c7f849c064
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:09 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:06:38 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 22:01:31 UTC
Views: 42
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