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CVE-2026-78961

CVE-2026-78961 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.3 MEDIUM

Reported by Chrome · Published August 25, 2026

Incorrect authorization in Core in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome152.0.7977.65
GoogleChrome152.0.7977.65, 152.0.7977.65
chainguardchromium0, 0, 0
wolfichromium0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 25, 2026 CVE Published
  • Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 26, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 28, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 28, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 29, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 2, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score

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