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CVE-2020-16022

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16022 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 87.0.4280.66, affecting various operating systems including Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) could allow a remote attacker to bypass firewall controls through a crafted HTML page, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 87.0.4280.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: chromium-browser

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-16022Important

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking

Nov 17, 2020

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1145680
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory