CVE-2026-79090 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-79090?

CVE-2026-79090 is a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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)

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-79090?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-79090?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-79090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79090, ECHO-5da8-ed0d-f03f, GHSA-76vf-r5wf-8fcx, MINI-r478-mcvh-q242.