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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-10895

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-10895

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jul 2018, 12:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-10895
Complete source record
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