Race condition in Start in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a local attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a co-installed app. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVE-2026-79057
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.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- Vendor severity
- MEDIUMper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- EG Score
- 8.1(high)
- EG Risk
- 36(Track)EG Risk 36/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity81% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 25, 2026
Last Modified
August 27, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.htmlVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79057(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)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | 113.0.5672.126-1 ... 152.0.7977.64-1 (412 versions) | 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | 138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1 (178 versions) | 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | 138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1 (180 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 25× in last 7d / 95× 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.
- 2026-09-19 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-19 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 21:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 07:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 06:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 16:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 04:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-12 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 15:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 02:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 02:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-08 03:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-06 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-05 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 11:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-04 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-03 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-03 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-02 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 09:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-01 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-01 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 09:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-01 09:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-31 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-31 08:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-30 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-30 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-29 07:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 20:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 17:18 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-08-26 16:37 UTCNVD update
- 2026-08-26 16:22 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.60
- 2026-08-26 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 16:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
- 2026-08-25 20:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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