CVE-2026-12449

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-17. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Use after free in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EPSS
1.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 17, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513480539
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01750511403.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12449(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 44× in last 7d / 128× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 128 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-07 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 01:46 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-07 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-06 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 20:56 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 20:56 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-05 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-05 07:53 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-05 07:53 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-05 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 18:38 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-04 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-04 05:37 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-04 05:37 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-04 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-03 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-03 13:20 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-03 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-02 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-02 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-02 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-02 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-02 10:24 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-02 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-01 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-01 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-01 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-01 08:30 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-01 08:30 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-01 08:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-30 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-30 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-06-30 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-30 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-30 06:30 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-06-30 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-29 17:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-29 17:30 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-06-29 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-29 04:32 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-29 04:32 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-06-29 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-28 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-06-28 15:30 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-06-28 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-28 02:32 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-06-28 02:32 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-06-28 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-27 13:34 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-06-27 13:34 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-06-27 13:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-27 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-06-27 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-06-27 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-26 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-26 11:38 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-06-26 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-25 21:32 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-06-25 21:32 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-06-25 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-25 08:34 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-06-25 08:34 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-06-25 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-24 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-06-24 19:36 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-06-24 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-24 04:17 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-06-24 04:17 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-06-24 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-06-23 15:19 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-06-23 15:19 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-06-23 15:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-23 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-06-23 02:14 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-06-23 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-06-22 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-06-22 13:16 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-06-22 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-22 00:19 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12449?
CVE-2026-12449 is a high vulnerability published on June 17, 2026. Use after free in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-12449 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12449 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 17, 2026, with the most recent update on June 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12449 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12449 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12449?
CVE-2026-12449 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12449?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12449, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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