CVE-2026-79175

HIGHPre-NVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.3EG
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: 8.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Type confusion in Accessibility in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.3
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
8.3HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
38
EG Risk 38/100CISA 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
Severity83% × 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
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 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026
Patch available.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/498885920
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-2026-79175(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
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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 33× in last 7d / 162× 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 252 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79175?
CVE-2026-79175 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Type confusion in Accessibility in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2026-79175 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79175 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-2026-79175 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79175 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (36th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79175?
CVE-2026-79175 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79175?
A fix for CVE-2026-79175 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-79175 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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