Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege…

published 2021-02-09 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-8508

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 4

Google Chrome 88.0.4324.96

debian ubuntu opensuse arch linux

chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 88.0.4324.96-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21117

chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21117

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chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
chromium Package Hub 15 SP2 88.0.4324.96-bp152.2.53.1
chromium Package Hub 15 SP1 88.0.4324.96-bp151.3.156.1
chromium openSUSE Leap 15.2 88.0.4324.96-lp152.2.66.1
chromium openSUSE Leap 15.1 88.0.4324.96-lp151.2.171.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:0186-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:0177-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:0173-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:0166-1

chromium Arch Linux 88.0.4324.96-1
vivaldi Arch Linux 3.6.2165.36-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1477 AVG-1478

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-21117 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 9.6

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com /2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory
crbug.com /1137179
permissions-required, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21117
NVD CVE-2021-21117

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Summary