CVE-2026-78915 (GCVE-0-2026-78915)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 20:10 – Updated: 2026-08-27 16:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Race condition in Enterprise in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed an adjacent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-362 - Race condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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