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SCA: security update for qutebrowser (GHSA-wgmx-52ph-qqcw)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421960

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2018-10895)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wgmx-52ph-qqcw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421960

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

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-2018-10895

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: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10895

cwe: CWE-352