CVE-2018-16086: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 69.0.3497.81 (fixed in 69.0.3497.81)

Published 2019-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.