CVE-2026-79126 in Chrome

Summary

by MITRE • 08/26/2026

Incorrect provision of specified functionality in Proxy in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed an adjacent attacker to potentially obtain sensitive information via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)

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• Responsible: Chrome
• Reservation: 08/25/2026
• Disclosure: 08/26/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-395526
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-200 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Education, Agriculture, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79126
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79126
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-79126/