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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-66074

| CVE-2026-79017 MEDIUM
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)
2026-08-25 Chrome GHSA-6m3v-59wp-4j9q
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
vuln.today AI
5.3 MEDIUM

AC raised to H because TOCTOU race condition exploitation requires precise timing; all other metrics align with the provided vector.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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

3
Analysis Generated
Aug 26, 2026 - 20:55 vuln.today
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

Race condition in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)

AnalysisAI

Race condition in Chrome's Extensions subsystem (versions prior to 152.0.7977.65) enables a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension, achieving high integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability effect. User interaction is required, and Chromium's own internal severity rating is Low - notably lower than the NVD CVSS Medium score of 6.5 - consistent with EPSS of 0.22% (12th percentile) and SSVC's 'none' exploitation status. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Craft malicious Chrome extension
Delivery
Distribute extension to target (social engineering or store listing)
Exploit
User installs/activates extension
Execution
Race TOCTOU window in Extensions permission check
Persist
Bypass system access restriction
Impact
Unauthorized privileged operation executed

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation A crafted Chrome extension must be present and active in the victim's browser; the attacker cannot exploit this vulnerability without the user first installing or interacting with the malicious extension. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Multiple signals converge on low real-world risk. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker distributes a malicious Chrome extension - potentially via the Chrome Web Store with a benign-appearing use case - that is engineered to exploit a race window in the Extensions permission validation subsystem. When a target user installs or interacts with the extension, the crafted extension races the permission check to perform a privileged operation that would normally be blocked by system access restrictions, achieving unauthorized integrity impact. …
Remediation Update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later, which contains the vendor-released fix. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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