Local privilege escalation via CredentialProvider race
Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026
Race condition in Google Chrome CredentialProvider before 151.0.7922.109 on Windows allows local users to elevate OS privileges via a malicious file. Google identifies the faulty locus as CredentialProvider, but the restricted issue does not disclose which shared state is unsafely synchronized or how the file wins the race. Exploitation requires local access and a malicious file; successful exploitation elevates operating-system privileges.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Google Chrome CredentialProvider before 151.0.7922.109 on Windows allows local users to elevate OS privileges via a malicious file. Google identifies the faulty locus as CredentialProvider, but the restricted issue does not disclose which shared state is unsafely synchronized or how the file wins the race. Exploitation requires local access and a malicious file; successful exploitation elevates operating-system privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-19139
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Aug 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=151.0.7922.109 <151.0.7922.109
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