CVE-2025-13637 Security feature bypass in Chrome
Remote attackers can bypass Chrome download protections via crafted HTML pages requiring specific user gestures, affecting all Chrome users.
- 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-2025-13637?
CVE-2025-13637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Dec 2025. 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
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to bypass download protections via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weakness: CWE-449
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13637?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13637?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-13637 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13637 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13637, GHSA-2c6f-5h2f-xj25.