CVE-2018-10895

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

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.

Affected products

qutebrowser: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: qutebrowser 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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