CVE-2023-6511: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2023-6511 is a security vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's Autofill feature affecting versions prior to 120.0.6099.62. The vulnerability was reported by Ahmed ElMasry on September 4, 2023, and was officially disclosed on December 5, 2023. This vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation in the Autofill functionality that could allow a remote attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions through a crafted HTML page (Chrome Release).

The vulnerability has been classified with a Low severity rating by the Chromium security team. The issue specifically relates to an inappropriate implementation in the browser's Autofill functionality, which could be exploited via a specially crafted HTML page. Google awarded a $2,000 bounty for the discovery of this vulnerability (Chrome Release).

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions in Google Chrome, potentially compromising the security of the browser's form-filling functionality (NVD).

The vulnerability has been fixed in Google Chrome version 120.0.6099.62. Users are advised to update their browsers to this version or later. Multiple Linux distributions have also released security updates to address this vulnerability, including Debian (120.0.6099.71-1~deb12u1), Fedora 39 (120.0.6099.62-1.fc39), and Fedora 38 (120.0.6099.62-2.fc38) (Debian Security, Fedora Update).