CVE-2026-79126

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Incorrect provision of specified functionality in Proxy in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed an adjacent attacker to potentially obtain sensitive information via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3
5.9
Vendor severity
LOWper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Low)
EG Score
5.9(high)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
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/533408915
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-2026-79126(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 25× in last 7d / 91× 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 23:25 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 23:25 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-18 00:05 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-18 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-17 00:06 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-17 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-16 00:46 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-16 00:46 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-16 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-15 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-15 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-14 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-14 01:46 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-14 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 02:25 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-13 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-12 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-12 03:05 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-12 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-11 03:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-11 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-10 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-09 05:05 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-09 05:05 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-09 05:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-08 05:45 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-08 05:45 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-08 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-07 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-07 06:25 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-07 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-06 07:01 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-06 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-05 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-05 07:42 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-05 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-04 08:22 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-04 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-03 09:02 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-03 09:02 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-03 09:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-02 09:43 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-02 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-09-01 10:22 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-01 10:22 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-01 10:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-31 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-31 11:01 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-31 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-30 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-30 11:39 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-30 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-29 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-29 12:17 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-29 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-28 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-28 12:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-27 13:33 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-27 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-26 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.50
  59. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.9 · severity → MEDIUM
  61. 2026-08-26 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-26 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
  65. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79126?
CVE-2026-79126 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Incorrect provision of specified functionality in Proxy in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed an adjacent attacker to potentially obtain sensitive information via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
When was CVE-2026-79126 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79126 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-2026-79126 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79126 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 85.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79126?
CVE-2026-79126 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79126?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79126, 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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