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Google Chrome CVE-2026-79108

| EUVDEUVD-2026-66060 MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2026-08-25 Chrome GHSA-g24r-x22v-qjxp
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:N/I:H/A:N
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6.5 MEDIUM

Crafted page delivered over network requires active user approval of a spoofed WebAuthn dialog; no attacker privileges needed; only authentication integrity is impacted, not confidentiality or availability.

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Aug 27, 2026 - 18:32 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 27, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

UI misrepresentation in Web Authentication (Passkeys & Security Keys) 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)

AnalysisAI

UI misrepresentation in Google Chrome's Web Authentication (WebAuthn) subsystem - covering both Passkeys and hardware Security Keys - prior to version 152.0.7977.65 allows remote attackers to manipulate authentication dialog presentation via a crafted HTML page, enabling bypass of system access restrictions through social engineering. The CVSS vector rates Integrity impact as High (I:H) with no privileges required (PR:N), yet Chromium's own team assigned Low severity, and EPSS exploitation probability is just 0.22% (12th percentile), reflecting the social engineering dependency. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Attacker hosts crafted HTML page
Delivery
Victim directed to page via phishing or malicious ad
Exploit
Page initiates WebAuthn ceremony
Execution
Misrepresented authentication dialog displayed in Chrome
Persist
Victim approves spoofed prompt
Impact
Attacker gains unauthorized authentication or credential binding

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the victim to be running Google Chrome prior to version 152.0.7977.65 and to actively visit and interact with a crafted HTML page that initiates a WebAuthn authentication ceremony. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N scores 6.5 Medium: network-reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, but mandatory user interaction limiting opportunistic exploitation. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker registers a malicious website that initiates a WebAuthn authentication ceremony and crafts the HTML page to cause Chrome's dialog to misrepresent the relying party origin or credential type. A phishing email or malicious ad directs a target running a pre-152.0.7977.65 Chrome build to the site; the user, seeing a Passkey or Security Key prompt they believe is legitimate, approves the ceremony, inadvertently binding an attacker-controlled credential or authorizing unintended authentication. …
Remediation The primary fix is upgrading Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later, released via the Chrome stable channel and detailed 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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