CVE-2023-5479

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2023-5479 · Published 11/10/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-5479 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.61%, higher than 49.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 118.0.5993.70 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 118.0.5993.70`	`118.0.5993.70`

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1471253 · Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526 · Third Party Advisory

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google

< 118.0.5993.70

118.0.5993.70

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