CVE-2026-79053
LOW 3.1 ALL-YEARSMissing authorization in Lighthouse in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 14th percentile
Impact if exploited
3.1CVSS 3.1 · LOW · ADP
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ⚠User interaction: A user must take an action (click / open a file)
- ⚠Complexity: Needs a race window or specific setup
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862: Missing authorization
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
All currently supported Red Hat products · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-26T14:25:19+00:00
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | < 152.0.7977.65 |
All CVSS metrics
- LOW 3.1 v3.1 · ADP Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - LOW 3.1 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Advisories
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-08-25T20:10:28.705Z
NVD · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-31T16:37:24.743 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79053.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-26T14:25:19+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-65913 EUVD · EUVD-2026-65913
Technical & other
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513850062 CVE record · Chrome · Updated 2026-08-25T20:10:28.705Z
NVD · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-31T16:37:24.743 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79053 Red Hat · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-26T14:25:19+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79053 Red Hat · CVE-2026-79053 · Updated 2026-08-26T14:25:19+00:00
Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS