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CVE-2026-79040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-25 · updated 2026-08-27
• Weakness: CWE-908

Description

Uninitialized resource in GPU in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to read memory outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 152.0.7977.65 — fixed in 152.0.7977.65

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 152.0.7977.65. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/516950646

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