Authentication Bypass Affecting chromium package, versions [,89.0.4389.72)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409849
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-21178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 89.0.4389.72 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Inappropriate implementation in Compositing in Google Chrome on Linux and Windows prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

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