CVE-2018-10895
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access 'qute://*' URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.3
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-wgmx-52ph-qqcwQutebrowser CSRF Vulnerability2018-10-10ghsa · osvUS
qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access `qute://*` URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a `qute://settings/set` URL, which then sets `editor.command` to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- PYSEC-2018-272018-07-12vendor · osvUS
qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access 'qute://*' URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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references (9)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895cnnvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7Mailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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