What is CVE-2026-76044?

CVE-2026-76044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-76044?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2026-76044

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)

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

Published 2026-08-18 · last modified 2026-08-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Google Chrome

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0826575… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/522732244 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-76044?: CVE-2026-76044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-76044?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.