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GoogleCVE-2026-19169

Google Chrome: privilege escalation

High8.8CVE-2026-19169 · Published Aug 6, 2026 · updated Aug 7, 2026

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)

Google advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Chrome
Product
>= 151.0.7922.109, < 151.0.7922.109151.0.7922.109
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