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title: "CVE-2026-102317: Google Chrome - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Google Chrome on Windows < 154.0.8037.92 contains a privilege escalation caused by improper privilege management in Mojo, letting local attackers execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-102317/
---

# CVE-2026-102317 Google Chrome - Privilege Escalation

Google Chrome on Windows < 154.0.8037.92 contains a privilege escalation caused by improper privilege management in Mojo, letting local attackers execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program.

CVSS base score 8.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.11% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102317)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

29 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 154.0.8037.92 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102317](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102317)
- [https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop\_01807488085.html](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01807488085.html)
- [https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517312707](https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517312707)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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