What is GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq?

GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Incorrect authorization in USB in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq cover?

GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-79211. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq?

GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjqMediumCVSS 4.3

Incorrect authorization in USB in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-79211 →

📋 Description

Incorrect authorization in USB 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: Medium)

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79211
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/524520965
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v8r-28wf-7fjq