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CVE-2023-5479

• 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: none known
• Published: 2023-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0, 12.0
• Google Chrome: before 118.0.5993.70 — fixed in 118.0.5993.70

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 118.0.5993.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
• https://crbug.com/1471253
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
• https://crbug.com/1471253
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526

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