CVE-2026-79090: google chrome

CVSS 9.8 (critical) · published 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)

Affected products (NVD): google chrome

Fixed in (NVD): 152.0.7977.65

Weakness: CWE-269

Source: NVD CVE-2026-79090

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517673944

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