What is CVE-2020-16027?

CVE-2020-16027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-16027?

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

Auth bypass in Google Chrome

CVE-2020-16027

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16027?: CVE-2020-16027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-16027?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.