CVE-2025-1915 Path traversal in Chrome

What is CVE-2025-1915?

CVE-2025-1915 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Mar 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

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1915?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1915?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-1915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1915, GHSA-mp7q-385v-fvgp.