Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting chromium package, versions [,152.0.7977.65)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-19424717
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-79006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (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 Protection Mechanism Failure via the HttpsUpgrades process. An attacker can bypass web origin policy by sending crafted network traffic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1