CVE-2026-17993: Race in Google Chrome
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Updater component of Google Chrome on Windows versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by exploiting a malicious file. The vulnerability has been assigned a low severity by Chromium security. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17993 is a race condition vulnerability in the Updater of Google Chrome on Windows platforms before version 151.0.7922.72. This race condition can be exploited by a local attacker to perform privilege escalation through a crafted malicious file. The vulnerability is rated as low severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 which fixes this issue.
Potential Impact
A local attacker could exploit this race condition to escalate privileges on the affected system. The impact is limited to local privilege escalation and is considered low severity by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
Update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this race condition vulnerability in the Updater is fixed. No other mitigation or workaround is specified by the vendor.
CVE-2026-17993: Race in Google Chrome
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Updater component of Google Chrome on Windows versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by exploiting a malicious file. The vulnerability has been assigned a low severity by Chromium security. The issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17993 is a race condition vulnerability in the Updater of Google Chrome on Windows platforms before version 151.0.7922.72. This race condition can be exploited by a local attacker to perform privilege escalation through a crafted malicious file. The vulnerability is rated as low severity by Chromium security. The vendor has released Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 which fixes this issue.
Potential Impact
A local attacker could exploit this race condition to escalate privileges on the affected system. The impact is limited to local privilege escalation and is considered low severity by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
Update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this race condition vulnerability in the Updater is fixed. No other mitigation or workaround is specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:14.787Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- 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: 07/30/2026, 01:24:05 UTC
Last updated: 07/30/2026, 02:01:20 UTC
Views: 3
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