Improper Authorization Affecting chromium package, versions [,69.0.3497.81)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410402
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2019

CVE-2018-16086  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 69.0.3497.81 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization. Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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