Google Chrome up to 151.0.7922.137 Renderer Process race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Renderer Process. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-76044. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Renderer Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in USB in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.169 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76044 since 08/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026).

Upgrading to version 151.0.7922.169 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-61227). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 151.0.7922.169

Timelineinfo

08/18/2026 Advisory disclosed
08/18/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
08/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/19/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-76044 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-76044
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-391988
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2026 22:59
Updated: 08/19/2026 14:21
Changes: 08/18/2026 22:59 (56), 08/19/2026 14:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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