CVE-2026-79090

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.4%

Critical (9.8) in google chrome. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper privilege management in Actor 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: Low)

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2026-08-25
Modified: 2026-08-28
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/517673944

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