CVE-2026-79288 Information disclosure in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-79288?

CVE-2026-79288 is a medium-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 input validation in Autofill in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-79288?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-79288?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-79288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79288 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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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79288, ECHO-454c-5013-c48f, GHSA-v79c-cch6-3849, MINI-3fv6-48cc-q346.