What is CVE-2026-79249?

CVE-2026-79249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-79249?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

RCE in Google Chrome

CVE-2026-79249

Code injection in Bisection in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2026-08-25 · last modified 2026-08-28.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-10.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176… (Release Notes)
issues.chromium.org/issues/523232966 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79249?: CVE-2026-79249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-79249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.