CVE-2026-78959

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.5) in google chrome. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper handling of case sensitivity in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-178
Published: 2026-08-25
Modified: 2026-08-31
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:chrome

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/518084889

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