---
id: CVE-2025-12726
title: >-
  Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Windows prior to
  142.0.7444.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer
  process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page
summary: >-
  Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Windows prior to
  142.0.7444.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer
  process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium
  security seve…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: google
product: chrome
affected:
  - chrome < 142.0.7444.134
patched:
  - chrome 142.0.7444.134
published: '2025-11-10'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T17:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12726'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
  - url: 'https://issues.chromium.org/issues/447172715'
    label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00228
epssPercentile: 0.12276
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T17:13:20.730Z'
---

## Overview

Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 142.0.7444.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

## Affected

- `chrome < 142.0.7444.134`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `chrome 142.0.7444.134`