CVE-2026-17979: Race in Google Chrome
A race condition vulnerability exists in the V8 engine of Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor has published an advisory linked to a stable channel update, suggesting a fix is available in version 151.0.7922.72.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17979 is a race condition vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72 and enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the browser's sandbox environment via a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor advisory indicates that the issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Google Chrome, potentially compromising browser security and user data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, the sandbox limits the scope of impact to the browser context.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory linked confirms the availability of this update. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
CVE-2026-17979: Race in Google Chrome
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the V8 engine of Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The vendor has published an advisory linked to a stable channel update, suggesting a fix is available in version 151.0.7922.72.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Chrome
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17979 is a race condition vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 151.0.7922.72 and enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the browser's sandbox environment via a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor advisory indicates that the issue is addressed in Chrome version 151.0.7922.72.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Google Chrome, potentially compromising browser security and user data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, the sandbox limits the scope of impact to the browser context.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory linked confirms the availability of this update. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:12.186Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0ad9c2644c7f849bd31
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:05 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:06:14 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 48
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