Google Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Untrusted Input in Cookies

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 148.0.7778.96 allows remote attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting insufficient validation of untrusted input in cookies. This issue can be triggered through a crafted HTML page.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation.

Remediation

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

Added: May 6, 2026, 8:33 PM
Updated: May 6, 2026, 8:33 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
3.1
exploitability
4.4
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.