CVE-2021-21185 Information disclosure in Chrome

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

A malicious Chrome extension can obtain sensitive information due to insufficient policy enforcement, requiring user installation of the 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-2021-21185?

CVE-2021-21185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Mar 2021. 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 89.0.4389.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21185?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21185?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-21185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21185, GHSA-jmr6-832g-6q34, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21185.

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