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CVE-2026-79088
Google Chrome — Incorrect authorization in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to …
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U N H N 6.5 .0022 11.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Chrome 152.0.7977.65 – —
TIMELINE
Aug 25 Reserved by Chrome
Aug 25 Published (CNA: Chrome)
Aug 31 RESCORED — CVE-2026-79088 (Google Chrome). CVSS 5.4 → 6.5 (NVD).
Description
Incorrect authorization in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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 31, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-79088 (Google Chrome). CVSS 5.4 → 6.5 (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-2026-79088 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.
