CVE-2026-17916

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 23, 2026

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Settings in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-346

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 30, 2026
Last modified
Oct 23, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2026-17916: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix