CVE-2023-2311

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: yes
Published: 2023-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker to bypass filesystem restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 112.0.5615.49 — fixed in 112.0.5615.49

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 112.0.5615.49. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1354505
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LE64KGGOISKPKMYROSDT4K6QFVDIRF6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B6SAST6CB5KKCQKH75ER2UQ3ICYPHCIZ/
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1354505
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LE64KGGOISKPKMYROSDT4K6QFVDIRF6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B6SAST6CB5KKCQKH75ER2UQ3ICYPHCIZ/

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