Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in GNOME Web (Epiphany) - CVE-2023-26081

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79636

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26081

CWE-ID: CWE-668

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the autofill feature. A remote attacker can trick users into exfiltrating passwords due to autofill occurs in sandboxed contexts.

GNOME Web (Epiphany)
openEuler
Fedora
epiphany
epiphany-debuginfo
epiphany-debugsource
epiphany-runtime

Install updates from vendor's website.

GNOME Web (Epiphany) - update to 43.1
epiphany - update to 40.6-3
epiphany-debuginfo - update to 40.6-3
epiphany-debugsource - update to 40.6-3
epiphany-runtime - update to 40.6-3
epiphany - addressed in versions 42.5-1.fc36, 43.1-1.fc37

• https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhf-w9xw-pp9x
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1275
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SADQCSQKTJKTTIJMEPY7GII6IVQSKEKV/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFWUNG6E4ZT43EYNHKYXS7QVSO2VW2H2/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00015.html

• Information disclosure in Epiphany
• Fedora 37 update for epiphany
• Fedora 36 update for epiphany
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for epiphany
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for epiphany