CVE-2018-16088: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.

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.