CVE-2026-79094: Race condition in Google Chrome
Description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the Workers component of Google Chrome versions prior to 152.0.7977.65. This flaw allows a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating and does not impact confidentiality but can lead to integrity violations without affecting availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-79094 is a race condition vulnerability in the Workers feature of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. The flaw enables a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions by exploiting timing issues in the handling of Workers via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-362 (Race Condition) and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, reflecting a network attack vector with low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. The impact is limited to integrity compromise without affecting confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass system access restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of data or state (integrity impact). There is no direct impact on confidentiality or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available starting from Google Chrome 152.0.7977.65. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-6mx4-v5c2-hf6j
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-79094"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a92f814acd9273b49e90e2c
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 15:17:40 UTC
Last enriched: 09/09/2026, 18:39:09 UTC
Last updated: 10/12/2026, 06:48:19 UTC
Views: 33
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