Accessing Chrome Browser Passwords (Read+Write) from an Extension

Question

Is it possible to access the Chrome stored passwords via a Chrome extension?

We want to create secure a team-password sharing plugin, and it would be cool to not need to rewrite the form-filling code and so on.

Answer 1

I think this is not possible. If any extension could access the password store, that would be a security problem.

I would advice to create your own password store. Make sure to protect it sufficiently.