CVE-2026-79011

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

UI misrepresentation in Browser 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: High)

CVSS v3
8.1
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
38%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 31, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 31, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517736936
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79011(1)

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 ... 152.0.7977.64-1 (412 versions)152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1 (178 versions)152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1 (180 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 41× in last 7d / 142× 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 142 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79011?
CVE-2026-79011 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. UI misrepresentation in Browser 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: High)
When was CVE-2026-79011 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79011 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79011 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79011 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 62.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79011?
CVE-2026-79011 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79011?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79011, 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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