Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting chrome-devtools-frontend package, versions <1.0.1510180
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- published16 Nov 2025
- disclosed14 Nov 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 Nov 2025
NewCVE-2024-7017 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade chrome-devtools-frontend to version 1.0.1510180 or higher.
Overview
chrome-devtools-frontend is a Chrome DevTools UI
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure via the inspectedWindow.reload() method and resource access functions in the DevTools Extensions API. An attacker can escape the extension sandbox and access or manipulate cross-origin pages by exploiting race conditions during page navigation and missing extension permission checks when accessing page resources.