CVE-2026-17654: Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity:

highCVSS 7.8CVE-2026-17654

Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Details

Source: NVD Recent CVEs (US · database · site)
Severity: high — CVSS 7.8
Published: 2026-07-30
Last updated: 2026-07-31
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17654

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-176540.11% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-17654	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

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high[NEW] [high] Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
unknownGoogle Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilitieshkcert
unknownCVE-2026-17654: Chromium: CVE-2026-17654 Race in Updatermsrc

CVE-2026-17654: Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity:

Details

Exploitation outlook

Referenced CVEs

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