Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting chromium package, versions [,153.0.8010.36)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-20250901
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed29 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-87530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 153.0.8010.36 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element in the CredentialProvider process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox by placing a malicious program in a directory that is searched before the intended executable.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1