Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:15:00 +0000
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| Title | Use‑After‑Free in Chrome DevTools Enables Arbitrary Code Execution via Malicious Extension |
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:45:00 +0000
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Google
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Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:45:00 +0000
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| Title | Use‑After‑Free in Chrome DevTools Enables Arbitrary Code Execution via Malicious Extension |
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted Chrome extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-416 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published: 2026-08-25T20:10:46.055Z
Updated: 2026-08-27T03:55:30.926Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:12:50.367Z
Link: CVE-2026-79266
Updated: 2026-08-26T00:07:07.462Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-08-25T21:18:21.213
Modified: 2026-08-31T18:12:23.500
Link: CVE-2026-79266
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