CVE-2024-5840

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2024-5840 · Published 11/06/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-5840 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 126.0.6478.54 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 126.0.6478.54`	`126.0.6478.54`

Description

Policy bypass in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Third Party Advisory
issues.chromium.org/issues/41492103 · Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7VXA32LXMNK3DSK3JBRLTBPFUH7LTODU · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MPU7AB53QQVNTBPGRMJRY5SXJNYWW3FX · Third Party Advisory

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< 126.0.6478.54

126.0.6478.54

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