CVE-2026-17919 Privilege escalation in Chrome
A local attacker with physical access can escalate privileges due to insufficient policy enforcement in Google Chrome on Mac.
- 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-2026-17919?
CVE-2026-17919 is a medium-severity 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 policy enforcement in Enterprise in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via physical access to the device. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-17919?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-17919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17919, ECHO-6af6-08a4-d2e7, GHSA-3g8r-vcv3-r4mg, MINI-9c88-6p8h-fhw4.