CVE-2026-78979

Race condition in Core in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/503720291	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-25 21:17

Updated : 2026-08-28 14:12

NVD link : CVE-2026-78979

Mitre link : CVE-2026-78979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-78979

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

google

chrome

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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