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CVE-2026-7997Disclosure(apple / chrome)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-20

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • chrome
  • macos

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-06); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
applegoogle
Products
chromemacos

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-06: 1Mentions · 2026-05-31: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-06: 105-0605-31
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-061
Disclosure1
2026-05-311
General1
Full discourse2 posts
  • ケイ | IT・セキュリティ系副業Webライター@Teeeda_worker
    General

    【脆弱性情報】 CVE-2026-7997 Google Chromeの脆弱性について https://www.cybernote.click/2026/05/21/%e3%80%90%e8%84%86%e5%bc%b1%e6%80%a7%e6%83%85%e5%a0%b1%e3%80%91-cve-2026-7997-google-chrome%e3%81%ae%e8%84%86%e5%bc%b1%e6%80%a7%e3%81%ab%e3%81%a4%e3%81%84%e3%81%a6/ #IT #Security #cybersecurity

    Post summary

    A short post that announces the existence of CVE‑2026‑7997 affecting Google Chrome, but provides no further details or actionable information.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-7997 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation v… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7997

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-7997 details a local privilege escalation flaw in Google Chrome’s Updater on macOS, stemming from inadequate validation of untrusted input in versions before 148.0.7778.96.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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Appgooglechrome---

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