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CVE-2018-16086

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

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.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 69.0.3497.81 — fixed in 69.0.3497.81

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/844428
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/844428

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