Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2026-79090

CVE-2026-79090, critical severity (CVSS 9.8): 2 tracked apps concerned, all fixed or indeterminable on their current version.

Severity (CVSS): 9.8
Exploitation: 0.4 %
Tracked apps: 2
Still exposed: 0

Published on 2026-08-25

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)

Attack vector : Network No privileges required No user interaction

Show raw CVSS vector

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

EPSS 0.39% exploit very unlikely percentile 32.1%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Chrome macOS com.google.Chrome

Affected <152.0.7977.65 Fixed in 152.0.7977.65 Latest tracked - undetermined

Observed affected builds (15)

151.0.7922.174 151.0.7922.170 151.0.7922.138 151.0.7922.109 151.0.7922.72 150.0.7871.187 150.0.7871.182 150.0.7871.129 150.0.7871.125 150.0.7871.115 150.0.7871.101 150.0.7871.47 149.0.7827.201 148.0.7778.179 148.0.7778.168
Google Chrome Windows winget:Google.Chrome

Affected <152.0.7977.65 Fixed in 152.0.7977.65 Latest tracked 152.0.7977.65 patched

Vulnerable CPE configurations (2)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
google	chrome All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<152.0.7977.65	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::
google	chrome All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<152.0.7977.65	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::

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