CVE-2026-79237

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 6 sources updated this week
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Incorrect authorization in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS v3
4.3
Vendor severity
MEDIUMper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: Medium)
EG Score
4.3(high)
EG Risk
19(Track)
EG Risk 19/100SSVC: 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
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 27, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Chromium

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/499068536
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-2026-79237(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 20× in last 7d / 20× 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 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 17:27 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-29 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-28 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-28 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-28 00:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-27 23:25 UTCEG score recompute▼ 2.20
  10. 2026-08-27 23:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 23:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 4.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  12. 2026-08-27 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-26 16:42 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-26 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-25 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-25 21:26 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-25 20:31 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-25 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79237?
CVE-2026-79237 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Incorrect authorization in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
When was CVE-2026-79237 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79237 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-2026-79237 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79237 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 73.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79237?
CVE-2026-79237 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79237?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79237, 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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