Use after free in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Google Chrome affected
Version Status Constraints
148.0.7778.96 affected < 148.0.7778.96

Configuration 1 [-]

AND
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/501833981 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Chromoting Use-After-Free in Chrome Enables Local Privilege Escalation

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Use after free in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T22:00:41.384Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:10.899Z

Link: CVE-2026-7925

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Updated: 2026-05-06T20:02:43.014Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:40.833

Modified: 2026-05-06T23:37:49.513

Link: CVE-2026-7925

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-05-07T00:30:12Z

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