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Google Chrome Passwords Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Passwords component of Google Chrome on Windows, in versions prior to 148.0.7778.168, allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to escalate privileges through a crafted HTML page. This issue arose from insufficient policy enforcement.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation within the affected browser.

Remediation

Users can update to Google Chrome version 148.0.7778.168 or later to address this vulnerability.

Added: May 14, 2026, 8:53 PM
Updated: May 14, 2026, 8:53 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
3.1
exploitability
3.3
remediation
7.7
relevance
8.3
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.