Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Affecting chromium package, versions [,139.0.7258.127)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-12009012
  • published20 Aug 2025
  • disclosed13 Aug 2025
  • creditAlesandro Ortiz

Introduced: 13 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-8881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 139.0.7258.127 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere via the File Picker. An attacker can access system file names by enticing a user to perform specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page.

Note: This only affects file pickers opened by the renderer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1