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CVE-2023-5479

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Published: Oct 11, 2023
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2023-5479
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
google / chrome	-	118.0.5993.70
debian / debian_linux	11.0	11.0.x
debian / debian_linux	12.0	12.0.x

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
https://crbug.com/1471253
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526

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