Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-12445

 

Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-12445

Published: October 28, 2025 / Updated: November 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117830
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12445
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures in Extensions. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Debian Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
cef
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-12445

Install update from vendor's repository.

Google Chromium - update to 142.0.7444.59
Microsoft Edge - update to 142.0.3595.53
Google Chrome - update to 142.0.7444.59
cef - addressed in versions 142.0.10^chromium142.0.7444.162-2.fc42, 142.0.10^chromium142.0.7444.162-2.fc43
chromium - addressed in versions 142.0.7444.59-1.el9, 142.0.7444.59-1.el10_2, 142.0.7444.59-1.fc41, 142.0.7444.59-1.fc42, 142.0.7444.59-1.fc43
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 142.0.7444.59-1~deb12u1, 142.0.7444.59-1~deb13u1
Chrome OS - update to 142.0.7444.147
Prisma Access Browser - update to 142.15.6.60

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