CVE-2026-17774 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker in a privileged network position can exploit heap corruption in Google Chrome via malicious traffic, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-17774?
CVE-2026-17774 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 30 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Variations in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17774?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-17774?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-17774 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17774 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17774, ECHO-ac13-32d1-d53d, GHSA-5r9f-54v2-c4hq, MINI-jw8g-6f6f-f44f.