CVE-2018-10895: Qutebrowser CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2018-10895 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-07-12

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.

Technologies: qutebrowser (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-10895 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-10895 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2018-10895?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 12 July 2018.
Which products and versions are affected?
qutebrowser (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.1, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2018-10895?
Yes. qutebrowser (PyPI): upgrade to 1.4.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2018-10895?
Check whether you run qutebrowser (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • qutebrowser (PyPI): upgrade to 1.4.1 or later
    pip install "qutebrowser>=1.4.1"

Affected products

  • qutebrowser (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.1, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2018-10895
  • GHSA-wgmx-52ph-qqcw
  • PYSEC-2018-27

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