CVE-2020-11054

Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality in qutebrowser

LOW
3.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2020 at 08:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraQutebrowser

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Severity
LOW3.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In qutebrowser versions less than 1.11.1, reloading a page with certificate errors shows a green URL. After a certificate error was overridden by the user, qutebrowser displays the URL as yellow (colors.statusbar.url.warn.fg). However, when the affected website was subsequently loaded again, the URL was mistakenly displayed as green (colors.statusbar.url.success_https). While the user already has seen a certificate error prompt at this point (or set content.ssl_strict to false, which is not recommended), this could still provide a false sense of security. This has been fixed in 1.11.1 and 1.12.0. All versions of qutebrowser are believed to be affected, though versions before v0.11.x couldn't be tested. Backported patches for older versions (greater than or equal to 1.4.0 and less than or equal to 1.10.2) are available, but no further releases are planned.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.11.1
Affected range stops below 1.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

3.5LOWGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-684NVD-CWE-noinfo

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