CVE-2026-13800 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-13800?

CVE-2026-13800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 30 Jun 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

Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13800?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-13800?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-13800 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-13800, ECHO-e37f-4ca8-a8fb, GHSA-pg94-6h4v-f6ph, MINI-4f3p-9rm5-jwhm.