What is CVE-2018-16077?

CVE-2018-16077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-16077?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-16077

Object lifecycle issue in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2019-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16077?: CVE-2018-16077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-16077?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.