CVE catalog

CVE-2018-1000559

qutebrowser: CVE-2018-1000559

Severity: Medium · CVSS 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published: Jun 26, 2018, 4:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.50% · Oct 25, 2026

qutebrowser version introduced in v0.11.0 (1179ee7a937fb31414d77d9970bac21095358449) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in history command, qute://history page that can result in Via injected JavaScript code, a website can steal the user's browsing history. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a page with a specially crafted <title> attribute, and then open the qute://history site via the :history command. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in fixed in v1.3.3 (4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7, to be released today) and v1.4.0 (5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f, released later this week).

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	qutebrowser	sid	`3.7.0-1`	fixed
Debian	qutebrowser	forky	`3.7.0-1`	fixed
Debian	qutebrowser	trixie	`3.4.0-1`	fixed
Debian	qutebrowser	bookworm	`2.5.3-1`	fixed
Opensuse	qutebrowser	tumbleweed	`2.3.1-2.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`0.11.0-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.0.4-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.0.4-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.0.4-3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.1.0-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.1.1-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	qutebrowser	18.04	`1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	qutebrowser	source	sid	`1.3.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	qutebrowser	source	forky	`1.3.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	qutebrowser	source	trixie	`1.3.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	qutebrowser	source	bookworm	`1.3.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	qutebrowser	rpm	tumbleweed	`2.3.1-2.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11292-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[qutebrowser]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12
[qutebrowser-qtwebengine]Fixed
Source package: [qutebrowser]
Details (2)
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12
[qutebrowser-qtwebkit]Fixed
Source package: [qutebrowser]
Details (2)
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12
- 2.5.3-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · bookworm; dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[qutebrowser]Fixed
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 13
- 3.4.0-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.3-1
  dsa · qutebrowser · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[qutebrowser]Fixed
Source package: [qutebrowser]
Details (1)
- 3.7.0-1.2 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.3.1-2.1
  dsa · qutebrowser · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:32:34 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]