CVE-2026-79068: Improper resource exposure in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-79068 is a medium severity vulnerability in Google Chrome's StreamsAPI prior to version 152.0.7977.65. It allows a remote attacker to potentially bypass the web origin policy and access privileged pages via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability and requires user interaction to exploit.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves improper resource exposure in the StreamsAPI component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. An attacker can craft a malicious HTML page that bypasses the web origin policy, potentially allowing access to privileged pages. The CVSS score is 4.3 (medium), indicating limited confidentiality impact without integrity or availability effects. Exploitation requires no privileges but does require user interaction.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the web origin policy, potentially exposing some confidential information from privileged pages. There is no impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version, 152.0.7977.65, is available. Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:08:31.347Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9cbacd9273b49ac6fc3
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:39 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 15:34:58 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 28
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