Race Condition in Chrome Extensions 152.0.7977.65 - Remote System Access Bypass
CVE-2026-79017 Published on August 25, 2026
Race condition in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-79017 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2026-79017 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-79017
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 152.0.7977.65 and below 152.0.7977.65 is affected.