CVE-2019-5879: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 77.0.3865.75 (fixed in 77.0.3865.75)

Published 2019-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.