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SCA: security update for qutebrowser (GHSA-vw27-fwjf-5qxm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419563

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - qutebrowser is an open source keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. Starting with qutebrowser
 v1.7.0, the Windows installer for qutebrowser registers a `qutebrowserurl:` URL handler. With certain
 applications, opening a specially crafted `qutebrowserurl:...` URL can lead to execution of qutebrowser
 commands, which in turn allows arbitrary code execution via commands such as `:spawn` or `:debug-pyeval`.
 Only Windows installs where qutebrowser is registered as URL handler are affected. The issue has been
 fixed in qutebrowser v2.4.0. The fix also adds additional hardening for potential similar issues on Linux
 (by adding the new --untrusted-args flag to the .desktop file), though no such vulnerabilities are known.
 (CVE-2021-41146)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vw27-fwjf-5qxm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419563

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41146

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41146