Chrome is widely deployed across enterprises; a remote-crafted HTML privilege escalation can enable attacker code execution on endpoints.
CVE-2026-19169
Chrome vulnerability allows privilege escalation via crafted HTML pages
Is CVE-2026-19169 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-19169 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-19169?
CVE-2026-19169 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-19169?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-19169. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-19169 affect?
CVE-2026-19169 affects Google Chrome < 151.0.7922.109 (desktop). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-19169?
Update Chrome to 151.0.7922.109 or later immediately
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote attacker can escalate privileges from web context to higher OS privileges via a crafted HTML page, enabling code execution or persistence on affected hosts.
Immediate action required
- affected< 151.0.7922.109
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.