CVE-2026-79083

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Media in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS v3
7.5
Vendor severity
MEDIUMper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Medium)
EG Score
7.5HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
34
EG Risk 34/100CISA 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
Severity75% × 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
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
28th
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 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026
Patch available.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/519984038
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-2026-79083(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 ... 152.0.7977.64-1 (412 versions)
  • every version up to 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1: fixed in 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 152.0.7977.75-1~deb12u1 (178 versions)
  • every version up to 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1: fixed in 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium138.0.7204.183-1 ... 151.0.7922.71-1~deb13u1 (176 versions)
  • every version up to 152.0.7977.64-1: fixed in 152.0.7977.64-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 35× in last 7d / 164× 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 253 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79083?
CVE-2026-79083 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Media in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
When was CVE-2026-79083 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79083 was first published 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-2026-79083 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79083 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (28th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79083?
CVE-2026-79083 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79083?
A fix for CVE-2026-79083 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-79083 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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