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CVE-2026-79017 · Published 2026-08-25
6.5 out of 10
CVSS rates it medium.
0.2%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Not confirmed
It isn't on CISA's list. That doesn't prove nobody uses it: CISA only lists exploitation it has confirmed.
Race condition in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Another operation changes shared state between a check and the action that relies on it.
CWE-367 · NVD record: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
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