Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Contextual Tasks in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4728-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6422-1 chromium security update
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title chromium-browser: Google Chrome: Privilege escalation via crafted HTML page in Contextual Tasks
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation through Untrusted Input in Chrome Contextual Tasks

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Title Privilege Escalation through Untrusted Input in Chrome Contextual Tasks

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Contextual Tasks in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-20
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T03:55:45.977Z

Reserved: 2026-08-06T16:51:52.565Z

Link: CVE-2026-19169

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T00:19:13.039Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-06T22:16:59.363

Modified: 2026-08-07T15:39:27.410

Link: CVE-2026-19169

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-06T20:33:41Z

Links: CVE-2026-19169 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T14:00:04Z

Weaknesses