CVE-2018-10895
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
12/07/2018
Last modified:
17/06/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
9.30
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:qutebrowser:qutebrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.4.1 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660



