CVE-2026-78894: Race condition in Google Chrome
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Payments component of Google Chrome prior to version 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a low severity rating and a CVSS score of 3.1. Google has released an update in version 152.0.7977.65 to address this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.1low
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-78894 is a race condition vulnerability in the Payments feature of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. An attacker with control over the renderer process can exploit this flaw to leak data from other origins by using a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 3.1, indicating low impact, primarily affecting confidentiality with no impact on integrity or availability. The issue has been fixed in Chrome version 152.0.7977.65.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data, which could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. There is no impact on data integrity or availability. The overall severity is low.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later to remediate this vulnerability. This update contains the official fix for the race condition in the Payments component. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:03:52.723Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9b5acd9273b49ac6d47
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:17 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 17:38:28 UTC
Last updated: 10/09/2026, 06:48:19 UTC
Views: 45
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