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CVE-2024-5836

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-474

Description

Inappropriate Implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 39, 40
• Google Chrome: before 126.0.6478.54 — fixed in 126.0.6478.54

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 126.0.6478.54. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341875171
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7VXA32LXMNK3DSK3JBRLTBPFUH7LTODU/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPU7AB53QQVNTBPGRMJRY5SXJNYWW3FX/
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341875171
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7VXA32LXMNK3DSK3JBRLTBPFUH7LTODU/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPU7AB53QQVNTBPGRMJRY5SXJNYWW3FX/

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