FKIE_CVE-2021-21212

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-26 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:35
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Incorrect security UI in Network Config UI in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially compromise WiFi connection security via a malicious WAP.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/1145024Third Party Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08Third Party Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/1145024Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
debian debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
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          "vendor": "Google",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:35:02.890",
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}



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