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CVE-2023-4368

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4368 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome prior to version 116.0.5845.96, as well as Debian-based Chrome installations. It stems from insufficient policy enforcement in the Extensions API, allowing an attacker to bypass enterprise policies if a user is tricked into installing a malicious extension via a crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but no prior privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 116.0.5845.96, < 116.0.5845.96CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 116.0.5845.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 116.0.1938.54
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-4368

Chromium: CVE-2023-4368 Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions API

Aug 8, 2023

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1467751
Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/2DMXHPRUGBUDNHZCZCIVMWAUIEXEGMGT
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/OCFEK63FUHFXZH5MSG6TNQOXMQWM4M5S
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-34
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5479
Third Party Advisory