CVE-2026-18018 Other in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-18018?

CVE-2026-18018 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

Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform UI spoofing via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Weakness: CWE-451

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18018?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-18018?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-18018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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-2026-18018, ECHO-4692-8a3c-9d29, GHSA-fm8q-cqfv-58rj, MINI-wcf2-fx78-mm3m.