CVE-2026-12022 Race condition in Chrome
A race condition in Chrome's Safe Browsing allows sandbox escape via malicious files, enabling code execution and privilege escalation.
- 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-2026-12022?
CVE-2026-12022 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 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
Race in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.115 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12022?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-12022?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-12022 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12022 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12022, ECHO-a2f0-820d-591d, GHSA-276g-w4m7-hp25, MINI-qj28-jw5q-r5fj.