CVE-2026-79071

HIGHPre-NVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Race condition in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS v3
8.3
Vendor severity
MEDIUMper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Medium)
EG Score
8.3(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
Severity83% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
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/496292729
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-2026-79071(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 / 147× 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 147 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79071?
CVE-2026-79071 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Race condition in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
When was CVE-2026-79071 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79071 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-2026-79071 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79071 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 81.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79071?
CVE-2026-79071 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79071?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79071, 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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