CVE•Published 2026-08-25•Modified 2026-08-27•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-79083Google · Chrome

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 88% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-841Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow

Description

Improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Media in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Timeline

Published 2026-08-25

Modified 2026-08-27

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2026-79083

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Google Chrome"

All exposed Google Chrome instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Chrome"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Chrome" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-79083