CVE-2025-13640 Auth bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2025-13640?

CVE-2025-13640 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed a local attacker to bypass authentication via physical access to the device. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13640?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2025-13640?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2025-13640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13640, GHSA-68ww-h25v-g8mq.