CVE-2026-11210
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInappropriate implementation in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted RAR file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSafe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to version 149.0.7827.53 contains an implementation flaw that allows a crafted RAR archive file to bypass discretionary access control checks. A remote attacker can exploit this by serving a malicious RAR file that evades Safe Browsing's malicious file detection, potentially leading to delivery of malware or other harmful content to users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 149.0.7827.53CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Google Chrome versionNavigate to chrome://settings/help or click Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome to view the installed version numberAffected if The displayed version is earlier than 149.0.7827.53 (e.g., 149.0.7827.0, 148.x.x.x, etc.)
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Confirm Safe Browsing is enabledGo to chrome://settings/security and locate the Safe Browsing setting under the Security sectionAffected if Safe Browsing is turned ON (this is required for the bypass to be relevant)
You are affected if your Chrome version is below 149.0.7827.53 AND Safe Browsing protection is enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped149.0.7827.53
Update Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later. Organizations should ensure automated browser updates are enabled and push the version update across managed endpoints.
Chrome 149.0.7827.53 or later
- Open Google Chrome and navigate to Settings > Help > About Google Chrome
- Chrome will automatically check for and download the latest version
- Restart Chrome after the update completes
- Verify the version by returning to Settings > Help > About Google Chrome and confirming version 149.0.7827.53 or later is installed
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-11210 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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