What is GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc?

GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc cover?

GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-17861. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc?

GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hcHighCVSS 7.8

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-17861 →

📋 Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17861
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/520417861
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m293-xcr4-f6hc