Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:15:00 +0000
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| Title | Chrome Import Feature Exposes Unauthorized Code Execution |
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000
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Google
Google chrome |
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Google
Google chrome |
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: High) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-250 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-20T20:51:19.618Z
Reserved: 2026-08-18T19:28:08.325Z
Link: CVE-2026-76018
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-20T21:17:09.920
Modified: 2026-08-20T21:17:09.920
Link: CVE-2026-76018
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-21T02:00:05Z
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