CVE-2026-79012CWE-416

CVE-2026-79012

Critical · published August 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Use after free in Safebrowsing in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.6 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00462 · 39.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-08-26T01:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
google/chrome< 152.0.7977.65152.0.7977.65
References (2)
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html · [email protected]https://issues.chromium.org/issues/523704817 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 AUG 06:46Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 25 AUG 20:09Z
    Use after free in Safebrowsing in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary…
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