Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting chromium package, versions [,152.0.7977.65)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-19424714
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-78991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 152.0.7977.65 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in the WebProtect process. An attacker can obtain sensitive information by compromising the renderer process and delivering a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1