MediumFix available
epiphany-browser — security advisory
XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.
- Products
- epiphany-browser
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 41.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-45085
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45085
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 41.2-1
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 41.2-1
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 41.2-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45085",
"method": "structured",
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"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45085",
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"package": {
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"package": {
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}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:39.076453927Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45085"
]
},
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 423611,
"published_at": "2021-12-16T03:15:10.217+00:00"
}