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CVE-2021-21141

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21141 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in the File System API of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge prior to specific versions. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to bypass file extension policies through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to high integrity impact (I:H) if exploited. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 88.0.4324.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 88.0.705.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0544 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Jan/CVE-2021-21141

Chromium CVE-2021-21141: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API

Jan 12, 2021

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1140435
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21141
PatchVendor Advisory