CVE-2026-79095: Information leak in Google Chrome
Description
A medium severity information leak vulnerability exists in the Payments component of Google Chrome prior to version 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker to obtain cross-origin data by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability does not impact integrity or availability but can expose some confidential information across origins.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-79095 is an information leak vulnerability in the Payments feature of Google Chrome versions before 152.0.7977.65. It enables a remote attacker to obtain cross-origin data via a specially crafted HTML page, potentially exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (medium severity) with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts confidentiality only. Google has released a stable channel update addressing this issue in Chrome version 152.0.7977.65.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely cause a user to load a malicious HTML page that leaks cross-origin data from the Payments component in affected Chrome versions. This compromises confidentiality of some data but does not affect integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory confirms this version contains the fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:09:20.989Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9cfacd9273b49ac7037
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:43 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 15:21:32 UTC
Last updated: 10/08/2026, 06:48:19 UTC
Views: 35
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