What is CVE-2026-12450?

CVE-2026-12450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-12450?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Apple macOS

CVE-2026-12450

Inappropriate implementation in Media in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175051… (Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/514531776 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12450?: CVE-2026-12450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-12450?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.