CVE-2026-79125: Information leak in Google Chrome
Description
An information leak vulnerability exists in the XR component of Google Chrome versions prior to 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information by convincing a user to visit a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 6.5. A stable channel update addressing this issue has been released by Google.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Chrome
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-79125 is an information leak vulnerability in the XR (Extended Reality) feature of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. The flaw permits a remote attacker to extract sensitive information by delivering a specially crafted HTML page to the victim. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity level. Google has published a stable channel update to fix this issue, as noted in their official advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected browser without requiring privileges or user interaction beyond visiting a malicious page. The confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability are not affected.
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, and applying this update eliminates the risk. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T06:10:00.657Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a8df9d3acd9273b49ac70b6
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:23:47 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 15:04:49 UTC
Last updated: 10/08/2026, 06:48:19 UTC
Views: 30
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