CVE-2018-6176: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 68.0.3440.75 (fixed in 68.0.3440.75)

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