CVE•Published 2026-08-25•Modified 2026-08-28•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-79084Google · Chrome

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-326Inadequate Encryption Strength

Description

Inadequate encryption strength in Notifications in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Timeline

Published 2026-08-25

Modified 2026-08-28

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB 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).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-79084

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-2026-79084