Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

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Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Title Use-After-Free in Chrome Extensions Enables Arbitrary Code Execution Outside Sandbox

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

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Description Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T20:10:08.897Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:07:47.052Z

Link: CVE-2026-79026

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T21:17:58.580

Modified: 2026-08-25T21:17:58.580

Link: CVE-2026-79026

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Updated: 2026-08-26T04:15:03Z

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