Privilege escalation in Google Chrome

CVE-2026-78999

Improper privilege management in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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