Description
Missing authorization in Passwords 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 web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in Chrome Password Storage

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in Chrome Password Storage

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Missing authorization in Passwords 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 web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-862
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T20:37:09.783Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:11:38.884Z

Link: CVE-2026-79212

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T20:32:56.327Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-25T21:18:15.160

Modified: 2026-08-28T14:35:45.990

Link: CVE-2026-79212

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T19:00:11Z

Weaknesses