CVE-2018-16081: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 69.0.3497.81 (fixed in 69.0.3497.81)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2019-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.