What is CVE-2022-3312?

CVE-2022-3312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2022-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-3312?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Chrome

CVE-2022-3312

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in VPN in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 106.0.5249.62 allowed a local attacker to bypass managed device restrictions via physical access to the device. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1303306 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3312?: CVE-2022-3312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2022-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-3312?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.