Description
Race in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-05-06
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6250-1 chromium security update
History

Sat, 09 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: Race in Chromoting
Weaknesses CWE-367
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 07 May 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Thu, 07 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in Chrome’s Chromoting Feature

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in Chrome’s Chromoting Feature

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Race in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-362
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-07T03:56:22.106Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:17.592Z

Link: CVE-2026-7948

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T19:40:27.329Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:43.113

Modified: 2026-05-07T02:08:49.620

Link: CVE-2026-7948

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-7948 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-09T04:15:06Z

Weaknesses