CVE-2026-76018

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-20. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.8
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
33%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513757918
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0404570826.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76018(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (408 versions)151.0.7922.173-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (174 versions)151.0.7922.173-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.64-1 (177 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 40× in last 7d / 139× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 139 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 11:26 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-19 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 00:15 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 00:15 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-19 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 13:06 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-18 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-18 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-18 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-17 14:44 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-17 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-17 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-16 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-16 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-16 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-16 04:40 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-16 04:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-15 17:26 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-15 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-15 06:17 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-15 06:17 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-15 06:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-14 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-14 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-14 07:17 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-14 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-13 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-13 20:08 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-13 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-13 08:58 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-13 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-12 21:49 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-12 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-12 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-12 10:39 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-12 10:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-11 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-11 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-11 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-11 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-11 00:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-10 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-10 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-10 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-09 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-09 01:54 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-09 01:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-09-08 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-08 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-07 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-07 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-06 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-06 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-06 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-05 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-05 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-05 05:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-04 18:49 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-04 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-04 07:12 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-04 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-09-03 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-03 08:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-02 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-02 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-09-02 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-01 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-09-01 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-09-01 08:02 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-01 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-31 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-31 09:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-30 22:11 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-30 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-30 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-08-30 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-29 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-29 12:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-29 01:28 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-29 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76018?
CVE-2026-76018 is a high vulnerability published on August 20, 2026. Privilege elevation in Import in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.173 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-76018 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76018 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 20, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76018 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76018 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 67.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76018?
CVE-2026-76018 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76018?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-76018, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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