Bug 2508992 (CVE-2026-17716)

Summary: CVE-2026-17716 chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in Updater
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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An use after free flaw was found in the Updater component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=521866061
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Bug Depends On: 2509143, 2509144    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-30 01:15:35 UTC
Use after free in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: High)