# CVE-2024-7023: Privilege escalation in Chrome

> A remote attacker can escalate privileges in Google Chrome by exploiting insufficient data validation in the Updater via a malicious file.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cwfh-p5vc-jcg4

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7023?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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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- [CVE-2022-4135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4135/): Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16017/): Google Chrome Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16010/): Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87491/): Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-85046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85046/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7023 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7023/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7023
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7023
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7023

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7023/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.