CVE-2023-5479
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an...
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-5479- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-5479- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57793 No score
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
EUVD-2023-57793- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggqw-5347-f844
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an...
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
GHSA-ggqw-5347-f844- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-5479- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5479
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5479- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Show 6 moreShow less
OSVMGASA-2023-0289 No score
Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix bugs and vulnerabilities
The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the 118.0.5993.70 release, fixing 20 bugs and vulnerabilities.
Some of the security fixes are:
Critical CVE-2023-5218: Use after free in Site Isolation. Reported by @18 on 2023-09-27
Medium CVE-2023-5487: Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-03-17
Medium CVE-2023-5484: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation. Reported by Thomas Orlita on 2023-02-11
Medium CVE-2023-5475: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-08-30
Medium CVE-2023-5483: Inappropriate implementation in Intents. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-03-17
Medium CVE-2023-5481: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads. Reported by Om Apip on 2023-06-28
Medium CVE-2023-5476: Use after free in Blink History. Reported by Yunqin Sun on 2023-08-20
Medium CVE-2023-5474: Heap buffer overflow in PDF. Reported by [pwn2car] on 2023-09-15
Medium CVE-2023-5479: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-08-09
Low CVE-2023-5485: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2022-12-02
Low CVE-2023-5478: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2023-08-12
Low CVE-2023-5477: Inappropriate implementation in Installer. Reported by Bahaa Naamneh of Crosspoint Labs on 2023-08-13
Low CVE-2023-5486: Inappropriate implementation in Input. Reported by Hafiizh on 2022-08-29
Low CVE-2023-5473: Use after free in Cast. Reported by DarkNavy on 2023-09-18
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
- Record
MGASA-2023-0289- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0300-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update for chromium fixes the following issues:
Chromium 118.0.5993.70 (boo#1216111)
- CVE-2023-5218: Use after free in Site Isolation
- CVE-2023-5487: Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen
- CVE-2023-5484: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation
- CVE-2023-5475: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools
- CVE-2023-5483: Inappropriate implementation in Intents
- CVE-2023-5481: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
- CVE-2023-5476: Use after free in Blink History
- CVE-2023-5474: Heap buffer overflow in PDF
- CVE-2023-5479: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API
- CVE-2023-5485: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill
- CVE-2023-5478: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill
- CVE-2023-5477: Inappropriate implementation in Installer
- CVE-2023-5486: Inappropriate implementation in Input
- CVE-2023-5473: Use after free in Cast
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0300-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0337-1 No score
Security update for opera
This update for opera fixes the following issues:
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Update to 104.0.4944.23
- DNA-110465 [Scrollable tab strip] Weird animation when closing tab
- DNA-112021 Favicons disappear from history after being hovered over
- DNA-112310 Put opening animation on start page behind a flag
- DNA-112462 Crash at opera::SidebarItemViewImpl:: StateChanged(views::Button::ButtonState)
- DNA-112464 Crash at anonymous namespace::SwitchToTabButton:: OnThemeChanged()
- DNA-112518 Force Default as last used Profile
- DNA-112534 Set profiles_order to Default dir
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Changes in 104.0.4944.18
- CHR-9471 Update Chromium on desktop-stable-118-4944 to 118.0.5993.71
- DNA-111704 chrome.webRequest.onHeadersReceived event is not fired for extension if page opened from SpeedDial tile
- DNA-111878 Highlighting of tabs and bookmarks in dark mode is almost invisible.
- DNA-111883 [Address bar] Hover effect on page is placed too high
- DNA-111922 [Linux] Change Opera beta application icon
- DNA-111955 Reduce colors used in Opera as much as possible
- DNA-112075 Rename palette colors in theme for better reusability
- DNA-112108 Fix dangling WebContents ptr bound to TabSnoozeInfobarDelegate::Show callback
- DNA-112222 Tab in island not marked as active
- DNA-112242 Disable feature flag #platform-h264-decoder-in-gpu by default on stable channel
- DNA-112265 Promote 104 to stable
- DNA-112312 Turn on #wallet-selector on all streams
- DNA-112313 Enable #pinboard-popup-refresh on all streams
- DNA-112426 [profile migration] Renaming invalid Default to Default.old is not needed anymore
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The update to chromium 118.0.5993.71 fixes following issues: CVE-2023-5218, CVE-2023-5487, CVE-2023-5484, CVE-2023-5475, CVE-2023-5483, CVE-2023-5481, CVE-2023-5476, CVE-2023-5474, CVE-2023-5479, CVE-2023-5485, CVE-2023-5478, CVE-2023-5477, CVE-2023-5486, CVE-2023-5473
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Complete Opera 104 changelog at: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-104/
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Update to 103.0.4928.34
- DNA-111680 Fix highlight of bookmarks bar folder elements
- DNA-111703 O icon moves upon opening menu
- DNA-111883 [Address bar] Hover effect on page is placed too high
- DNA-111940 OMenu text displaced to the right without any indentation
- DNA-112118 Crash at history::URLDatabase:: CreateContinueOnIndexIfNeeded(std::__Cr::vector)
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Update to 103.0.4928.26
- DNA-111681 Disappearing icons of bookmarks bar folders elements
- DNA-112020 Enable #address-bar-dropdown-cities on all streams
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0337-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0338-1 No score
Security update for opera
This update for opera fixes the following issues:
-
Update to 104.0.4944.23
- DNA-110465 [Scrollable tab strip] Weird animation when closing tab
- DNA-112021 Favicons disappear from history after being hovered over
- DNA-112310 Put opening animation on start page behind a flag
- DNA-112462 Crash at opera::SidebarItemViewImpl:: StateChanged(views::Button::ButtonState)
- DNA-112464 Crash at anonymous namespace::SwitchToTabButton:: OnThemeChanged()
- DNA-112518 Force Default as last used Profile
- DNA-112534 Set profiles_order to Default dir
-
Changes in 104.0.4944.18
- CHR-9471 Update Chromium on desktop-stable-118-4944 to 118.0.5993.71
- DNA-111704 chrome.webRequest.onHeadersReceived event is not fired for extension if page opened from SpeedDial tile
- DNA-111878 Highlighting of tabs and bookmarks in dark mode is almost invisible.
- DNA-111883 [Address bar] Hover effect on page is placed too high
- DNA-111922 [Linux] Change Opera beta application icon
- DNA-111955 Reduce colors used in Opera as much as possible
- DNA-112075 Rename palette colors in theme for better reusability
- DNA-112108 Fix dangling WebContents ptr bound to TabSnoozeInfobarDelegate::Show callback
- DNA-112222 Tab in island not marked as active
- DNA-112242 Disable feature flag #platform-h264-decoder-in-gpu by default on stable channel
- DNA-112265 Promote 104 to stable
- DNA-112312 Turn on #wallet-selector on all streams
- DNA-112313 Enable #pinboard-popup-refresh on all streams
- DNA-112426 [profile migration] Renaming invalid Default to Default.old is not needed anymore
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The update to chromium 118.0.5993.71 fixes following issues: CVE-2023-5218, CVE-2023-5487, CVE-2023-5484, CVE-2023-5475, CVE-2023-5483, CVE-2023-5481, CVE-2023-5476, CVE-2023-5474, CVE-2023-5479, CVE-2023-5485, CVE-2023-5478, CVE-2023-5477, CVE-2023-5486, CVE-2023-5473
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Complete Opera 104 changelog at: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-104/
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Update to 103.0.4928.34
- DNA-111680 Fix highlight of bookmarks bar folder elements
- DNA-111703 O icon moves upon opening menu
- DNA-111883 [Address bar] Hover effect on page is placed too high
- DNA-111940 OMenu text displaced to the right without any indentation
- DNA-112118 Crash at history::URLDatabase:: CreateContinueOnIndexIfNeeded(std::__Cr::vector)
-
Update to 103.0.4928.26
- DNA-111681 Disappearing icons of bookmarks bar folders elements
- DNA-112020 Enable #address-bar-dropdown-cities on all streams
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0338-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13317-1 No score
chromedriver-118.0.5993.70-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-118.0.5993.70-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13317-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13335-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-118.0.5993.70-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-118.0.5993.70-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13335-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumDebian:12 |
before 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 44 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.132-1117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.132-2117.0.5938.149-1117.0.5938.149-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.149-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.62-1117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.92-1118.0.5993.70-1~deb11u1 |
118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1 |
chromiumDebian:13 |
before 118.0.5993.70-1 | 118.0.5993.70-1 |
chromiumDebian:14 |
before 118.0.5993.70-1 | 118.0.5993.70-1 |
chromiumDebian:12 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 44 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.132-1117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.132-2117.0.5938.149-1117.0.5938.149-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.149-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.62-1117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.92-1118.0.5993.70-1~deb11u1 |
118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1 |
chromiumDebian:11 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-1~deb11u1, plus listed versions 100.0.4896.127-1100.0.4896.127-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.60-1100.0.4896.60-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.75-1 Show 45 moreShow less100.0.4896.75-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.88-1100.0.4896.88-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-1101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-2101.0.4951.54-1101.0.4951.64-1101.0.4951.64-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.115-1102.0.5005.115-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.61-1102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.114-1103.0.5060.114-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.134-1103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.53-1103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.101-1104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.79-1104.0.5112.79-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.102-1105.0.5195.102-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.125-1105.0.5195.125-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.52-1105.0.5195.52-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.103-1106.0.5249.103-2106.0.5249.119-1106.0.5249.119-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.61-1106.0.5249.61-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.91-1106.0.5249.91-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-1107.0.5304.110-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-2107.0.5304.121-1107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.68-1107.0.5304.68-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.87-1 |
118.0.5993.70-1~deb11u1 |
chromium-browser-stableMageia:9 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-1.mga9.tainted | 118.0.5993.70-1.mga9.tainted |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 | 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 | 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 | 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 | 118.0.5993.70-bp155.2.46.1 |
operaopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 NonFree From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 104.0.4944.23-lp154.2.56.1 | 104.0.4944.23-lp154.2.56.1 |
operaopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 NonFree From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 104.0.4944.23-lp155.3.15.1 | 104.0.4944.23-lp155.3.15.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 118.0.5993.70-1.1 | 118.0.5993.70-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5479 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Google Chrome, published October 11, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in chromium 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1.
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
crbug.com/1471253
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5479
github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggqw-5347-f844
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5479
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0289.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32381
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/V6FXBWPURXQ5GA2B7HRPHLBGPNS46F3Y
bugzilla.suse.com/1216111
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5218
Left out here: 101 versions. The JSON record has them.