CVE-2026-76037 Path traversal in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-76037?

CVE-2026-76037 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 18 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Link following in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76037?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-76037?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-76037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76037, ECHO-596f-7d00-097d, GHSA-gpf6-hggm-45pw, MINI-cr6q-6jm9-ffq9.