CVE-2026-79047

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.69.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 6 sources updated this week
9.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Use after free in Views in Google Chrome 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: High)

CVSS v3
9.6
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
9.6(high)
EG Risk
43(Track)
EG Risk 43/100SSVC: 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
Severity96% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
36%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517515945
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-2026-79047(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.

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 54× in last 7d / 54× 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. 2026-08-30 06:39 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-30 06:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-30 02:51 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-30 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-29 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-29 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-29 19:16 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-29 19:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-29 15:25 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-29 15:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-29 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-29 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-29 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-29 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-29 04:01 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-29 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-29 00:14 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-29 00:14 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-29 00:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-28 18:47 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-28 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-28 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-28 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-28 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-28 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-27 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-27 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-27 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-27 08:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-27 04:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-27 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-26 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-26 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-26 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-26 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-26 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-26 12:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-26 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-26 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-26 00:45 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.80
  24. 2026-08-26 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-26 00:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.6 · severity → CRITICAL
  26. 2026-08-25 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
  28. 2026-08-25 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79047?
CVE-2026-79047 is a critical vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Use after free in Views in Google Chrome 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: High)
When was CVE-2026-79047 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79047 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-2026-79047 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79047 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 63.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79047?
CVE-2026-79047 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.6 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79047?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79047, 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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