Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-5479
CVE-2023-5479
Description
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)
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Affected products
10- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/opera&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4%20NonFreepkg:rpm/opensuse/opera&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5%20NonFreepkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5
< 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 118.0.5993.70-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 104.0.4944.23-lp154.2.56.1
- (no CPE)range: < 104.0.4944.23-lp155.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1
Patches
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References
6- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526nvdThird Party Advisory
- crbug.com/1471253nvdPermissions Required
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34nvd
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