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Google Chrome CVE-2026-79242

| EUVDEUVD-2026-65947 MEDIUM
Observable Discrepancy (CWE-203)
2026-08-25 Chrome GHSA-wwph-5m73-pp48
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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5.3 MEDIUM

Network-delivered via crafted page (AV:N), requires victim interaction (UI:R) and precise timing conditions (AC:H); impact is confidentiality-only with no integrity or availability effect.

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Aug 26, 2026 - 20:42 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 26, 2026 - 20:23 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 20:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Observable discrepancy in HTML in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

AnalysisAI

Observable discrepancy in HTML rendering in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 enables a remote attacker to extract sensitive information when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. The root cause is CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), where Chrome's handling of specific HTML constructs produces measurable behavioral differences - such as timing variations or rendering side-channels - that leak protected state. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Attacker hosts crafted HTML page
Delivery
Victim's unpatched Chrome loads page
Exploit
Side-channel HTML discrepancy triggered
Execution
Cross-origin sensitive state inferred
Impact
Data exfiltrated to attacker

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The victim must actively visit or be redirected to an attacker-controlled HTML page in an unpatched Chrome browser (prior to 152.0.7977.65), satisfying the UI:R requirement. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) is calibrated by AC:H and UI:R, which significantly constrain exploitability in practice: an attacker must craft a page that a victim actively visits, and the side-channel technique must be reliably triggered under real-world browser scheduling and network conditions - both non-trivial requirements. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page designed to probe Chrome's rendering or caching behavior across origins - for example, using timing measurements on resource loads or pixel-level rendering differences - to infer whether the visiting user is authenticated to a target site. The victim is lured to the attacker's page via phishing, malvertising, or an embedded iframe, and the page silently leaks cross-origin state back to the attacker. …
Remediation Update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later, which is confirmed as the patched release per the vendor 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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