Race condition in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-79094

 

Race condition in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-79094

Published: August 26, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU145586
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-79094
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in Workers when handling web content. A remote attacker can trigger concurrent worker operations to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to visit or render crafted web content.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-79094

Install security update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 152.0.7977.64
Microsoft Edge - update to 152.0.4191.53
Google Chrome - addressed in versions 151.0.7922.175, 152.0.7977.64
chromium - addressed in versions 152.0.7977.75-1.el9, 152.0.7977.75-1.el10_2, 152.0.7977.75-1.el10_3, 152.0.7977.75-1.el10_4, 152.0.7977.75-1.fc43, 152.0.7977.75-1.fc44, 152.0.7977.75-1.fc45
chromium (Debian package) - update to 152.0.7977.75-1~deb13u1

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