CVE-2023-2726
Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Installs in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.126 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious web app to bypass install dialog via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Installs in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.126 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious web app to bypass install dialog via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 51th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 0.7% since 8 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.htmlRelease Notes
- https://crbug.com/1442018Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/73XUIHJ6UT75VFPDPLJOXJON7MVIKVZI/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXFL4TDAH72PRCPD5UPZMJMKIMVOPLTI/Mailing List
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5404Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.htmlRelease Notes
- https://crbug.com/1442018Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/73XUIHJ6UT75VFPDPLJOXJON7MVIKVZI/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXFL4TDAH72PRCPD5UPZMJMKIMVOPLTI/Mailing List
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5404Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.