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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered via crafted page (AV:N) but requires winning a race plus a pre-existing renderer compromise, so AC:H; sandbox escape crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with total impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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5DescriptionCVE.org
Race in Downloads in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 151.0.7922.72 lets a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page that triggers a race condition in the Downloads component. Chromium rates it High severity and the CVSS is 9.6 (scope-changed). This is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low at 0.23% (14th percentile) and CISA SSVC records exploitation status as none.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is a race condition (CWE-362, concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization) in Chrome's Downloads subsystem, which coordinates between the sandboxed renderer process and the higher-privileged browser process to write files to disk. On macOS the browser process brokers privileged operations on behalf of the renderer; a timing window in how the Downloads code handles concurrent state allows a compromised renderer to manipulate shared resources and cross the process/sandbox boundary. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome (all versions below the fix), and this specific bug is scoped to the Mac platform per the vendor description.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome 151.0.7922.72 - upgrade macOS Chrome to 151.0.7922.72 or later via the Stable Channel update (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html), then fully relaunch the browser so the new binary is loaded, since Chrome applies updates only on restart. In managed fleets, push the update through your MDM/enterprise update policy and confirm the effective version. Because exploitation requires a compromised renderer first, defense-in-depth against the initial renderer break is the meaningful compensating control if you cannot patch immediately: keep Site Isolation enabled (default), avoid disabling the sandbox, and limit exposure to untrusted web content; these have negligible functional trade-offs. There is no product-specific workaround for the race itself, so patching is the only complete fix.
Same weakness CWE-362 – Race Condition
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-50835
GHSA-4xr6-2mhc-hp25