CVE-2026-79090

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 6 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Improper privilege management in Actor in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

CVSS v3
9.8
Vendor severity
LOWper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Low)
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/517673944
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-2026-79090(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 45× in last 7d / 45× 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 02:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 02:56 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-30 02:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-29 23:07 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-29 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-29 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-29 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-29 15:29 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-29 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-29 11:40 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-29 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-29 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-29 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-29 03:57 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-29 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-29 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-29 00:06 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-29 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-28 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-28 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-28 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-28 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-28 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-27 23:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-27 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-27 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-27 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-27 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-27 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-27 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-27 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 20:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-26 19:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.40
  13. 2026-08-26 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-26 19:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  15. 2026-08-26 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-26 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-25 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79090?
CVE-2026-79090 is a critical vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Improper privilege management in Actor in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
When was CVE-2026-79090 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79090 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79090 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79090 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 68.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79090?
CVE-2026-79090 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79090?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79090, 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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