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CVE-2026-79054
Google Chrome — Use after free in Chromecast in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process t…
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N H N R C H H H 8.3 .0040 32.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Chrome 152.0.7977.65 – —
TIMELINE
Aug 25 Reserved by Chrome
Aug 25 Published (CNA: Chrome)
Aug 27 RESCORED — CVE-2026-79054 (Google Chrome). CVSS 9.6 → 8.3 (NVD).
Description
Use after free in Chromecast in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| August 25, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Chrome |
| August 25, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Chrome) |
| August 27, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-79054 (Google Chrome). CVSS 9.6 → 8.3 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Google | Chrome | — | 152.0.7977.65 | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-79054 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
