Chrome <149: Privilege Escalation via Mojo Malicious File
CVE-2026-12018 Published on June 11, 2026

Inappropriate implementation in Mojo in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.115 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-12018 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Privilege Management

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-12018

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Affected Versions

Google Chrome: