CVE-2026-76038

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-18. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.8
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
36th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
Patch available.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/541926503
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-2026-76038(2)

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 rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (405 versions)
  • every version up to 151.0.7922.169-1~deb12u1: fixed in 151.0.7922.169-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (171 versions)
  • every version up to 151.0.7922.169-1~deb13u1: fixed in 151.0.7922.169-1~deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (172 versions)
  • every version up to 151.0.7922.169-1: fixed in 151.0.7922.169-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 142× 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 245 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76038?
CVE-2026-76038 is a high vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-76038 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76038 was first published 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-2026-76038 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76038 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (36th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76038?
CVE-2026-76038 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76038?
A fix for CVE-2026-76038 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-76038 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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