CVE-2026-79226 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-79226?

CVE-2026-79226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper privilege management in Regional Capabilities in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-79226?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-79226?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-79226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79226, ECHO-0617-21f5-ad4d, GHSA-hqmc-4j52-gcc6, MINI-4gxw-vx62-cxf9.