CVE-2024-7023 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-7023?

CVE-2024-7023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6537.0 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7023?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-7023 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7023 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cwfh-p5vc-jcg4.