CVE-2026-76018: Privilege elevation in Google Chrome
Description
A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the Import feature of Google Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.173. This flaw allows a remote attacker, using social engineering, to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox via a crafted file. The vulnerability has a high severity rating and a CVSS score of 8.8.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-76018 is a privilege elevation vulnerability in Google Chrome's Import functionality affecting versions before 151.0.7922.173. An attacker can leverage social engineering to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file, which may lead to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox environment. This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity. The vendor has published an advisory indicating a stable channel update addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges outside the sandbox, potentially compromising the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and no privileges are required (PR:N), but the impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an official fix in Chrome version 151.0.7922.173. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-18T19:28:08.325Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0404570826.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a876922acd9273b491d066d
Added to database: 08/20/2026, 20:52:50 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 23:16:54 UTC
Last updated: 10/04/2026, 18:53:18 UTC
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