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CVE-2019-13705

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to leak cross-origin data via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 78.0.3904.70 — fixed in 78.0.3904.70
• openSUSE Backports: sle-15-sp1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 78.0.3904.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00008.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
• https://crbug.com/989078
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00008.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
• https://crbug.com/989078

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