CVE-2026-79266: high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome
Published · Updated
41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDAug 25
1st PoC+1d
exploitation probability
0.4%top 69% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Google · Chromepublic PoCs found — 1
githubgithub.com/virologi-info/chrome-vuln-scanner★ 0⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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