CVE-2026-18487

Epiphany: address bar / host spoofing via userinfo in ephy_uri_get_decoded_host()

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
Aug 6, 2026
Updated
Aug 7, 2026
Reserved
Jul 31, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in Epiphany. An issue in how the browser reads web addresses allows attackers to fake the domain name shown in the address bar. If a user clicks a specially crafted link containing a colon (for example, [https://trusted.com:80@attacker.com/](https://trusted.com:80@attacker.com/)), the address bar and security menus will display the safe website (trusted.com) but it will actually load the attacker website (attacker.com) on the screen. This allows attackers to create convincing phishing pages to trick users into trusting a malicious site.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nfedora

Weaknesses

  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Affected Products

ProductVersions
EpiphanyGNOME
  • 49.2 and laterAffected

References

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