CVE-2021-38016 — Incorrect Authorization in Google Chrome

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateDec 24

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 96.0.4664.45
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 96.0.4664.45
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 97.0.4692.71-0.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 34

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vc3v-rgf8-2c4v: Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96↗2021-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-38016: Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96↗2021-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-38014↗2021-11-15
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-38016 Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch↗2021-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2021-38016: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96...↗2021
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