CVE-2025-1915: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-1915) was discovered in Google Chrome's DevTools component affecting Windows systems prior to version 134.0.6998.35. The vulnerability was reported by Topi Lassila on January 20, 2025, and was officially disclosed on March 4, 2025. This security flaw allows attackers to bypass file access restrictions through a crafted Chrome Extension when users are convinced to install malicious extensions (Chrome Release, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory issue (CWE-22). It received a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, indicating network vector access, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Google has categorized this vulnerability as Medium severity in their internal assessment (NVD, Palo Alto).

The vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass file access restrictions when successfully exploited. This could lead to high impacts on both confidentiality and integrity of the affected system, though availability remains unaffected. The attack requires user interaction in the form of installing a malicious extension (Palo Alto).

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 134.0.6998.35 for Windows. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later to protect against this security flaw. The fix was released as part of Chrome's March 2025 security update package (Chrome Release).