vulnerability
Arch Linux: Access restriction bypass (CVE-2021-38016)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 23, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 23, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An insufficient policy enforcement security issue has been found in the background fetch component of the Chromium browser engine before version 96.0.4664.45.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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