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Google Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Chromoting

Vulnerability

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the Chromoting feature of Google Chrome on Windows, affecting versions prior to 148.0.7778.96. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges at the operating system level by exploiting a malicious file.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized OS-level privilege escalation.

Remediation

Users can update to Google Chrome version 148.0.7778.96 or later to address this vulnerability.

Added: May 6, 2026, 8:36 PM
Updated: May 6, 2026, 8:36 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
10.0
exploitability
1.9
remediation
7.7
relevance
7.6
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.