Improper Authentication Affecting chromium package, versions [,88.0.4324.96)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409950
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-21133  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 88.0.4324.96 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to download files to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

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