๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-79090

CRITICAL 9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
11th

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)

CWE CWE-269
Vendor google
Product chrome
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Aug 25, 2026
Last Updated Aug 26, 2026
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Affected Versions

Google / Chrome
152.0.7977.65 < 152.0.7977.65

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
chromereleases.googleblog.com: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html issues.chromium.org: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517673944