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CVE-2024-6778

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 126.0.6478.182 — fixed in 126.0.6478.182

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 126.0.6478.182. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341136300
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341136300

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