CVE-2026-79012: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-79012 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Safe Browsing component of Google Chrome on macOS versions prior to 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.6, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a use-after-free bug in the Safe Browsing feature of Google Chrome on macOS platforms before version 152.0.7977.65. Exploitation requires user interaction via social engineering to visit a maliciously crafted HTML page, which can lead to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox environment. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The vendor advisory linked indicates a stable channel update addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox on affected macOS Chrome installations, potentially compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This can lead to full system compromise if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 152.0.7977.65. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html for details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:07:17.886Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9c4acd9273b49ac6ee6
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:32 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 00:07:28 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 32
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