CVE-2020-6380 Security feature bypass in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can bypass site isolation in Google Chrome via a crafted extension.

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-2020-6380?

CVE-2020-6380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Feb 2020. 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 extensions in Google Chrome prior to 79.0.3945.130 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6380?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6380?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-6380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6380, GHSA-vhfr-653c-g79j, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6380.

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