CVE-2026-106186 Path traversal in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-106186?

CVE-2026-106186 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Uncontrolled search path element in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-106186?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-106186?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-106186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-106186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-106186, ECHO-f68a-9596-cc56, GHSA-538f-hww7-xmfg, MINI-9c45-8wpj-w3cr.