CVE-2019-5823 Open redirect in Chrome

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass navigation restrictions in Google Chrome via crafted HTML pages due to insufficient service worker policy enforcement.

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-2019-5823?

CVE-2019-5823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jun 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

Insufficient policy enforcement in service workers in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5823?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5823?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-5823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5823 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5823, GHSA-qhfc-4ccc-96wg.

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