VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-79226
Improper privilege management in Regional Capabilities in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Improper privilege management in Regional Capabilities in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.