CVE-2026-17786 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-17786?

CVE-2026-17786 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 30 Jul 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

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17786?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-17786?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-17786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17786 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-2026-17786, ECHO-7438-1477-513a, GHSA-w6wx-r223-7v5f, MINI-f44v-9gj7-8r4q.