CVE-2019-5799 Security feature bypass in Chrome
Remote attackers can bypass Content Security Policy protections in Google Chrome via crafted HTML pages due to incorrect policy inheritance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-5799?
CVE-2019-5799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Incorrect inheritance of a new document's policy in Content Security Policy in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5799?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5799?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-5799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5799, GHSA-8xj8-xwgc-9xgf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5799.