CVE-2026-17862

HIGH7.8

Use after free in Tracing in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file

Published Jul 30, 2026

Modified 3 weeks ago

Fix available

Details

Use after free in Tracing in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected Packages

Google Chrome

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016Windows 10 (1703)Windows 10 (1709)Windows 10 (1803)

Fixed in:

151.0.7922.72

References

WEB

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html

WEB

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/520426287

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17862