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Ubuntu EUVDEUVD-2025-18897

| CVE-2025-52968 LOW
Unprotected Alternate Channel (CWE-420)
2025-06-23 cve@mitre.org
2.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
2.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 15, 2026 - 22:10 euvd
EUVD-2025-18897
Analysis Generated
Mar 15, 2026 - 22:10 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 23, 2025 - 15:15 nvd
LOW 2.7

DescriptionCVE.org

xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin.

Analysis

xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin.

Technical ContextAI

Cross-Site Request Forgery forces authenticated users to perform unintended actions by tricking their browser into sending forged requests.

RemediationAI

Implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations. Use SameSite cookie attribute. Verify the Origin/Referer header on the server side.

Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Priority: Medium
xdg-utils
Release Status Version
upstream needs-triage -
bionic deferred -
focal deferred -
jammy deferred -
noble deferred -
oracular ignored end of life, was deferred [2025-10-20]
xenial deferred -
plucky ignored end of life, was deferred
questing deferred -

Debian

xdg-utils
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bookworm, bullseye vulnerable 1.1.3-4.1 -
forky, sid, trixie vulnerable 1.2.1-2 -
(unstable) fixed (unfixed) unimportant

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