vulnerability

Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2021-21186 Insufficient policy enforcement in QR scanning

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 5, 2021
Added
Mar 5, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in QR scanning in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed an attacker who convinced the user to scan a QR code to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted QR code.

Solution

google-chrome-upgrade-latest
Title
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