CVE-2026-76037

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-18. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Link following in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.4
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
8.4(high)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: 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
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517612295
generic

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575033.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76037(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 19× 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. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 02:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 02:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 13:03 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 13:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 11:38 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.40
  13. 2026-08-19 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-19 11:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.4 · severity → HIGH
  15. 2026-08-19 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-18 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 21:22 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-08-18 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-18 20:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76037?
CVE-2026-76037 is a high vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. Link following in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a local program. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-76037 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76037 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76037 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76037 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 95.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76037?
CVE-2026-76037 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76037?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-76037, 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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