Description
Race condition in WebProtect in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Title Race Condition in Chrome WebProtect Enables Remote Information Disclosure

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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


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Title Race Condition in Chrome WebProtect Enables Remote Information Disclosure

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

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Description Race condition in WebProtect in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-367
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-26T18:44:00.941Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:07:03.452Z

Link: CVE-2026-78991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T18:10:54.193Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T21:17:55.420

Modified: 2026-08-26T20:18:05.087

Link: CVE-2026-78991

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T21:45:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-367

    Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition