Description
Improper privilege management in Actor 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: Low)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Actor in Google Chrome

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

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Title Privilege Escalation via Actor in Google Chrome

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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

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

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Description Improper privilege management in Actor 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: Low)
Weaknesses CWE-269
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-26T19:16:48.692Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:09:05.174Z

Link: CVE-2026-79090

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T19:16:41.074Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T21:18:04.650

Modified: 2026-08-26T20:18:08.407

Link: CVE-2026-79090

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T23:15:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management