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CVE-2021-21133

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to download files to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 88.0.4324.96 — fixed in 88.0.4324.96
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium): before 88.0.705.50 — fixed in 88.0.705.50
• Google Chrome: before 88.0.4324.96 — fixed in 88.0.4324.96

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 88.0.4324.96; Microsoft Edge (Chromium) 88.0.705.50; Google Chrome 88.0.4324.96. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
• https://crbug.com/1157743
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21133
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
• https://crbug.com/1157743
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21133

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