CISA KEV entry
CVE-2021-38000Google Chromium Intents Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Google Chromium Intents. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 3 November 2021.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Federal due date
- 2021-11-17 14 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 6.1 Medium CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 4.94% percentile 92.1, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2021-11-23, -20 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: partial), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 14 days on a publicly exposed asset (row 4) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 12) S06. The catalogue due date, 14 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Google Chromium Intents contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38000
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-20
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
No vendor advisory linked by NVD.
Links in CISA's notes
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-601 by nvd@nist.gov, CWE-20 by CISA ADP
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- CVSS versions in NVD
- V2, V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T04:01:23.103
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2024-05-15 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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