CVE-2026-78895: Information leak in Google Chrome
Description
An information leak vulnerability exists in the Paint component of Google Chrome versions prior to 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker to bypass the web origin policy by using a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 4.3. A fix is available in version 152.0.7977.65.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-78895 is an information leak vulnerability in the Paint component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. It enables a remote attacker to bypass the web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3, reflecting low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability. The issue was addressed by Google in Chrome version 152.0.7977.65.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass the web origin policy, potentially leaking information across origins. The impact is limited to confidentiality with no effect on integrity or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor has released an official fix as documented in the Google Chrome stable channel update advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:03:53.571Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9b5acd9273b49ac6d49
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:17 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 17:38:24 UTC
Last updated: 10/09/2026, 06:48:19 UTC
Views: 40
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