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Google Chrome CVE-2026-79075

| EUVDEUVD-2026-66007 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-25 Chrome GHSA-f4fr-6hpc-v792
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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6.5 MEDIUM

Network delivery via crafted page, no privileges required, user must interact; geolocation leak is high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Aug 26, 2026 - 19:26 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 26, 2026 - 19:23 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Information leak in Geolocation in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

AnalysisAI

Information disclosure in Google Chrome's Geolocation component prior to version 152.0.7977.65 allows a remote attacker to obtain the victim's sensitive geolocation data by tricking them into visiting a crafted HTML page. The attack relies on social engineering as the delivery mechanism and results in a high-confidentiality-impact leak of physical location information, which may expose home or workplace addresses. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Craft malicious HTML page exploiting Geolocation leak
Exploit
Social engineer victim to visit page in Chrome
Execution
Geolocation API triggered without proper consent
Impact
Victim's precise location data exfiltrated to attacker

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the victim to actively visit a crafted HTML page - user interaction (UI:R) is mandatory and social engineering is the described delivery mechanism, meaning passive drive-by exploitation without user navigation is not possible. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment CVSS 6.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N classifies this as medium severity. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker registers a convincing phishing domain and hosts a crafted HTML page that exploits the Geolocation information leak in Chrome. The attacker sends a targeted phishing email or social media message directing the victim to the page; when the victim loads it in an unpatched version of Chrome, the attacker silently receives the victim's precise geolocation coordinates. …
Remediation Update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later per the stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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