CVE-2026-17916: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient policy enforcement in Settings in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 151.0.7922.72 (fixed in 151.0.7922.72)

Published 2026-07-30. Last modified 2026-08-03.