CVE-2026-17654 is a critical race condition in the Google Chrome Updater on macOS before version 151.0.7922.72. A local attacker can exploit the updater's handling of a malicious file to obtain OS-level privilege escalation.
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A prior Google Updater vulnerability referenced only as the issue whose remediation introduced the separate CVE-2026-95347 lifetime bug.
A prior vulnerability whose remediation introduced the streamed-download replacement design in which CVE-2026-95347 was subsequently identified. No technical details of CVE-2026-17654 are provided in this reference.
A critical race condition vulnerability in Chrome Updater.
A critical race condition vulnerability in Chrome Updater.
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