CVE-2026-11170
Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via malicious network traffic.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/502322596Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.