CVE-2026-11308 Privilege escalation in Chrome
An attacker can escalate privileges by convincing a user to install a malicious Chrome extension due to inappropriate implementation in the Extensions component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-11308?
CVE-2026-11308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-11308?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-11308?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-11308 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11308 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11308, ECHO-2784-9a9b-e50c, GHSA-hg9f-77c4-x7m4, MINI-cvh6-m85x-x756.