Description
Incomplete cleanup in Chromium in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Origin Policy Bypass
Action: Assess Impact
AI Analysis

Impact

The CVE description notes incomplete cleanup in Chromium before version 152.0.7977.65, allowing a remote attacker to craft a malicious Chrome extension that bypasses the browser’s same‑origin policy. Based on the description, it is inferred that the cleanup issue involved temporary UI components during the rendering lifecycle. This weakness could enable an attacker to read or modify JavaScript context and data normally restricted by origin boundaries. The vulnerability is identified as CWE‑459 – Incomplete Cleanup of Resource.

Affected Systems

All users of Google Chrome editions built prior to version 152.0.7977.65 are potentially affected. The issue is tied to the Chromium component that Chrome bundles, so any instance derived from that source code before the patch is vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The EPSS score is < 1%, indicating a low probability of exploitation, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no known exploitation at this time. The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates moderate severity according to standard metrics; it still requires a targeted, social‑engineering attack where the attacker convinces a user to install a crafted extension. If successful, the attacker could obtain arbitrary access to data and scripts from the user’s browsing sessions.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 27, 2026 at 19:21 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later.
  • Only install extensions from verified publishers and review permissions before installation.
  • Enable Chrome’s extension blocking or “unverified publisher” warnings to prevent unknown extensions from running.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 27, 2026 at 19:21 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4771-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6482-1 chromium security update
History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Chromium Incomplete Cleanup Enables Origin Policy Bypass via Malicious Extension

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

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


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000

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

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Chromium Incomplete Cleanup Enables Origin Policy Bypass via Malicious Extension

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Incomplete cleanup in Chromium in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass web origin policy via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weaknesses CWE-459
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:15:51.016Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:04:34.594Z

Link: CVE-2026-78947

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:15:47.534Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-25T21:17:50.630

Modified: 2026-08-28T17:31:51.160

Link: CVE-2026-78947

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T19:30:13Z

Weaknesses