CVE-2026-79028

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Observable discrepancy in Network in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS v3
5.3
Vendor severity
MEDIUMper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Medium)
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: 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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/500492844
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-2026-79028(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 23× in last 7d / 93× 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.

  1. 2026-09-18 23:09 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 23:09 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-17 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-17 21:07 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-17 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 15:15 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-16 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-15 13:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 13:14 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-15 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-14 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-14 11:13 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-14 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 09:13 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-13 09:13 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-13 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-12 07:12 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-12 07:12 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-12 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-11 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-11 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-10 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-09 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-09 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-09 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-07 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-07 18:34 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-07 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-06 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-06 16:33 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-06 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-05 14:31 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-05 14:31 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-05 14:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-04 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-04 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-04 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-03 10:29 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-03 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-03 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-02 08:19 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-02 08:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-09-01 06:15 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-01 06:15 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-01 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-31 04:13 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-31 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-31 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-30 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-30 02:11 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-30 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-29 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-29 00:10 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-29 00:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-27 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-27 17:11 UTCEG score recompute▼ 1.20
  52. 2026-08-27 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-27 16:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  54. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-26 20:38 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.20
  56. 2026-08-26 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-26 20:23 UTCNVD update
  58. 2026-08-26 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCEG score recompute▼ 1.20
  60. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  62. 2026-08-26 16:42 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-26 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-25 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
  67. 2026-08-25 20:31 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79028?
CVE-2026-79028 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Observable discrepancy in Network in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
When was CVE-2026-79028 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79028 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79028 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79028 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 74.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79028?
CVE-2026-79028 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79028?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79028, 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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