vulnerability
Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2025-1915 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in DevTools
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Mar 5, 2025 | Mar 5, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Mar 5, 2025
Added
Mar 5, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Solution
google-chrome-upgrade-latest
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