CVE-2022-1872

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: 2022-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass downloads policy via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 102.0.5005.61 — fixed in 102.0.5005.61

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 102.0.5005.61. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://crbug.com/1310461
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://crbug.com/1310461
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

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