Origin Validation Error Affecting chromium package, versions [,96.0.4664.45)
Threat Intelligence
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- published26 Feb 2026
- disclosed24 Feb 2026
- creditMaurice Dauer
Introduced: 24 Feb 2026
CVE-2021-38016 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade chromium to version 96.0.4664.45 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Origin Validation Error via insufficient enforcement of security policies in the background fetch process. An attacker can access resources across origins by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page.