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Chrome for Android Start Race Condition Allows a Co-Installed App to Execute Arbitrary Code Outside the Sandbox via Social Engineering

Last refreshed2026-09-29

Status: NEW  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-79057

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-79057
CVSS Score / Version8.1 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-08-27
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is local; attack complexity is high; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Classified asCWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

What to Know

Race condition in Start in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a local attacker leveraging social engineering to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a co-installed app. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79057
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79057
Vendor advisoryhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html