CVE-2026-79089: Race condition in Google Chrome
Description
Race condition in Transactions Platform in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-79089 is a race condition vulnerability in the Transactions Platform component of Google Chrome on Android. It affects versions before 152.0.7977.65 and allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by leveraging social engineering techniques with a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Attack Vector: Network, Attack Complexity: High, Privileges Required: None, User Interaction: Required, Scope: Unchanged, Confidentiality: None, Integrity: High, Availability: None).
Potential Impact
An attacker can bypass system access restrictions remotely by tricking a user into interacting with a malicious HTML page. This could lead to unauthorized actions affecting the integrity of the system. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A stable channel update for Google Chrome has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update to version 152.0.7977.65 or later to mitigate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:09:04.539Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9cfacd9273b49ac702d
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:43 UTC
Last enriched: 09/17/2026, 22:53:25 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 32
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