🛡️ CVE-2023-4901 on Debian — chromium

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to potentially spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-4901 as tracked by Debian, for the package chromium. The fix is available in version 117.0.5938.62-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4901 is recorded against 1 package.

chromium (fixed in 117.0.5938.62-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 September 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-4901 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2023-09-12

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-07

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
chromium	—	117.0.5938.62-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4901

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